remote directory/partition

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

2011/10/22 Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>:
> 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).
> I can take this storage, format it and export it from my server in USA, but
> which protocol would give me:
>
> All (or almost all) functionality of a local mounted device
> Can work with long distance latencies
> won't "kill" the machine if the remote directory is disconnected /
> "disappeared"
> If possible - supported (either directly or using 3rd party driver) on
> Windows 2008 (Linux is the main concern, Windows is optional)

Some "cluster" filesystem with aggressive local caching such as AFS or
GPFS? This assumes that you have a "node" in the US, not just "a block
of storage" that you need to access at block level (iSCSI). Your
consideration of NFS makes me think this part is acceptable.

You didn't list FOSS/free beer as requirements, so... ;-)

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Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org