Yeah - that's a definite problem. I'm not sure there's a silver bullet here. The only type of system I know of that would handle this is a CVS-type system where changes can be merged. I could be wrong, but I think if you've got two versions of a non-text document being concurrently modified in separate locations with the net down, you're going to have issues no matter what file system you're using.
Normally, I stay away from Microsoft as much as possible, but you did say that you'd be willing to spend some money... At a previous job, we were all Win2k/XP and Active Directory...we setup Microsoft DFS that kept a replicated copy of the network file share on a secondary domain controller at a remote location. The primary reason was to have an off-site copy of everything in the event of a disaster of some sort, but, if the primary domain controller/file server went down, users would not even notice - changes would just be saved to the remote server and replicated back when the primary came back online. If the network went down, it would sync up seamlessly when it came back online. It really did work surprisingly well. If you're already a Windows shop, you can't go wrong.
The college I went to was using this method of wired network auth back in 1994. It hardly seems that this patent will stand up...the question is who will front the $$$$ to fight it.
I've also had both...Verizon DSL, and RCN cable modem (which seems to be another notable omission from the study). RCN is much much faster. Their new "MegaModem" service claims to have 3 megs down and 768kB up. Although I've never had speed THAT fast, it does do very well (in excess of 2 megs) when downloading from good sites.
Agreed, but this guy is really good. He comes up with the best stuff on the fly...stuff I would never be able to do without laughing out loud. You gotta check out the site to believe it - listen to some of the sound clips on there.
It's tough to compare the 2 ISPs in the areas of speed and up time based on your one experience in two cities, IMHO. I'm sure there are plenty of readers who would say the same thing in reverse about two different cities. It all depends on the local infrastracture - number of customers on a node, node's connection to the larger system, etc...
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Well, I suppose every situation is different. All I can say is that we used it through both hardware and network failures, and it always worked.
Yeah - that's a definite problem. I'm not sure there's a silver bullet here. The only type of system I know of that would handle this is a CVS-type system where changes can be merged.
I could be wrong, but I think if you've got two versions of a non-text document being concurrently modified in separate locations with the net down, you're going to have issues no matter what file system you're using.
Normally, I stay away from Microsoft as much as possible, but you did say that you'd be willing to spend some money... At a previous job, we were all Win2k/XP and Active Directory...we setup Microsoft DFS that kept a replicated copy of the network file share on a secondary domain controller at a remote location. The primary reason was to have an off-site copy of everything in the event of a disaster of some sort, but, if the primary domain controller/file server went down, users would not even notice - changes would just be saved to the remote server and replicated back when the primary came back online. If the network went down, it would sync up seamlessly when it came back online. It really did work surprisingly well. If you're already a Windows shop, you can't go wrong.
The college I went to was using this method of wired network auth back in 1994. It hardly seems that this patent will stand up...the question is who will front the $$$$ to fight it.
I've also had both...Verizon DSL, and RCN cable modem (which seems to be another notable omission from the study). RCN is much much faster. Their new "MegaModem" service claims to have 3 megs down and 768kB up. Although I've never had speed THAT fast, it does do very well (in excess of 2 megs) when downloading from good sites.
Agreed, but this guy is really good. He comes up with the best stuff on the fly...stuff I would never be able to do without laughing out loud. You gotta check out the site to believe it - listen to some of the sound clips on there.
Love that episode...
Also on the humor front, check out Tom Mabe. He pranks telemarketers that call him - it's hilarious.
It's tough to compare the 2 ISPs in the areas of speed and up time based on your one experience in two cities, IMHO. I'm sure there are plenty of readers who would say the same thing in reverse about two different cities. It all depends on the local infrastracture - number of customers on a node, node's connection to the larger system, etc...