Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly, Version-Preserving File Sharing For Linux?

petherfile writes: I've been a professional with Microsoft stuff for more than 10 years and I'm a bit sick of it to be honest. The one that's got me stuck is really not where I expected it to be. You can use a combination of DFS and VSS to create a file share where users can put whatever files they are working on that is both redundant and has "previous versions" of files they can recover. That is, users have a highly available network location where they can "go back" to how their file was an hour ago. How do you do that with Linux?

This is a highly desirable situation for users. I know there are nice document management things out there that make sharepoint look silly, but I just want a simple file share, not a document management utility. I've found versioning file systems for Linux that do what Microsoft does with VSS so much better (for having previous version of files available.) I've found distributed file systems for Linux that make DFS look like a bad joke. Unfortunately, they seem to be mutually exclusive. Is there something simple I have missed?

Comments

LOL

[Anonymous Coward]

Like the submitter, can someone do my job as well?

do I have to spell it out?

[slashdice]

put the versioning file system on top of the distributed file system.

Or, in a way even a dice employee will understand:

You: I like sucking dicks. And I live having my dick sucked. But nobody will suck my dick and nobody will let me suck their dick.

Me: Ok, why don't you suck your own dick?

You: (run off to your bedroom, close the door, is not seen again for 3 days).