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Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 18:03:45 -0400
From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
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On 5/15/08, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you want a programming project, or a figure-out-how-to-do-it project?
>
> One thing that pops up once in a while is the need for a real-time
> distributed file server. I.E. two or more fileservers serving the same
> files from physically separate locations, while keeping the files
> synchronized in real time. One scenario is a business that has
[...]

It also appears that Dragonfly BSD's Hammer filesystem is an attempt
at solving this problem (as well as several other problems).

- Bob