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Open Source Distributed File Systems?

Posted by Cliff on from the if-you-can-do-it-for-webservers... dept.

bertok asks: "I've noticed that even though most MS Windows services can be clustered to some extent, file shares can't! At first glance, DFS seems to be the solution, but it doesn't propagate locks, so it's useless in a typical office environment for sharing documents. How have others solved this problem in the past for Microsoft-centric networks? Exchange public folders? Oracle's IFS? Third party products?" Come to think of it, it's been a while since we last asked this question. Have the 2+ years made a difference?

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  1. Re:Same answers as before by Ashurbanipal · · Score: 2, Interesting
    why not just use the traditional answer of NFS+automount+NIS?
    Because NFS has to be constantly patched (weekly if you are using HP-UX) to make it have some semblance of stability, reliability, or security.

    Because NIS is inherently subject to denial of service.

    Because every automounter I ever used was bug-riddled (again, exceptionally so in that monstrosity HP-UX; version 11.00 shipped two automounters which were both buggy). I understand Sun's stuff is better, but I don't use it so I wouldn't know.

    ..and finally, because a half-assed solution doesn't become adequate just by becoming a de-facto standard.