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<p>2011/10/22 Hetz Ben Hamo <<a href="mailto:hetzbh@gmail.com">hetzbh@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> Hi,<br>
> Here is a theoretical question:<br>
> Lets say I have a Linux server in Israel, and I have a block of storage<br>
> (lets say iSCSI partition for this example) in USA, and I want to mount it<br>
> on my server in Israel.<br>
> iSCSI over such a long distance and with big latency (thanks to our ISP's)<br>
> is a big no no, it's too slow. NFS is also not a good idea (here's why).<br>
> I can take this storage, format it and export it from my server in USA, but<br>
> which protocol would give me:<br>
><br>
> All (or almost all) functionality of a local mounted device<br>
> Can work with long distance latencies<br>
> won't "kill" the machine if the remote directory is disconnected /<br>
> "disappeared"<br>
> If possible - supported (either directly or using 3rd party driver) on<br>
> Windows 2008 (Linux is the main concern, Windows is optional)<br>
><br>
> i'm not looking for FTP solution (I checked curlftpfs, which is FTP<br>
> implemented using FUSE. it's nice but when it disconnects, the machine will<br>
> have issues), and webdav (slow)<br>
> Any suggestions?<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Hetz<br>
Hi.<br>
Here are purely theoretical solutions (never used any of those).<br>
<a href="http://cloudfs.org/2011/05/building-your-own-dropbox-equivalent/">http://cloudfs.org/2011/05/building-your-own-dropbox-equivalent/</a><br>
<a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">http://sparkleshare.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://mayrhofer.eu.org/dvcs-autosync">http://mayrhofer.eu.org/dvcs-autosync</a><br>
<a href="http://owncloud.org/index.php/Main_Page">http://owncloud.org/index.php/Main_Page</a></p>
<p>I understand that all of this projects may NOT fit you needs but they may be good hints for further search.</p>
<p>Regards, Evgeny<br>
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.<br>
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