remote directory/partition

[guy keren]

as far as i know, the only available solutions for this problem - are 
commercial solutions, that perform some kind of caching on the local 
side - this assuming you need to access the device on both sides (i.e. 
both in the USA and in israel).

if your needs are different - please state them - perhaps there's 
another way.

--guy

On 10/22/2011 11:03 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a theoretical question:
>
> Lets say I have a Linux server in Israel, and I have a block of storage
> (lets say iSCSI partition for this example) in USA, and I want to mount
> it on my server in Israel.
> iSCSI over such a long distance and with big latency (thanks to our
> ISP's) is a big no no, it's too slow. NFS is also not a good idea
> (here's why <http://goo.gl/vn4GM>).
>
> I can take this storage, format it and export it from my server in USA,
> but which protocol would give me:
>
>  1. All (or almost all) functionality of a local mounted device
>  2. Can work with long distance latencies
>  3. won't "kill" the machine if the remote directory is disconnected /
>     "disappeared"
>  4. If possible - supported (either directly or using 3rd party driver)
>     on Windows 2008 (Linux is the main concern, Windows is optional)
>
> i'm not looking for FTP solution (I checked curlftpfs, which is FTP
> implemented using FUSE. it's nice but when it disconnects, the machine
> will have issues), and webdav (slow)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
>
>
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