On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Mark Komarinski <mkomarin...@wayga.org> wrote: > Hopefully the rise of netbooks will make this question a bit easier to > answer, but here goes. > > I just returned from a trip where I took close to 1000 pictures with my > cameras. My Dell mini was a real trooper during the trip, but there's > only so many photos I can store on it before it starts to run out of > space. What I would *really* like is the a filesystem that can: > > -Be network aware. If I can get to the server, automagically connect > and display what is available > -Have a sense of caching, so if I'm offline or on a slow connection, I > can still load data on to it and have it sync up later. > -Be smart about what files to keep cached. If I use a file, load it > locally and then remove it from the local cache if unused after some > period of time (or the local cache gets filled with new content) > -work over ssh or equally 'secure' manner > -Be something other than coda or intermezzo. Neither are well supported > or apparently in use anymore, though both appeared to be exactly what I > was looking for. I'd love it if someone could correct me on this. > > My current method is to use sshfs to mount a remote directory to my > Photos directory and import files using F-spot. At least it sorts files > by date and can export to Gallery Web, though any other use of that > software is worthless. Using sshfs takes care of part of it, but if I'm > off the network or on a very slow network, it is not very useful. For > this purpose, I'll be reading from multiple locations, but writing from > only one at a time, and I'm only using two cameras (each with their own > unique file naming format) so concurrency and handling conflicts should > not be an issue. > > On a side note, this idea would work for other types of media as well, > such as loading music or movies to a local system before going on a trip. > > Any thoughts? > > -Mark
Unfortunately (given you said no coda or intermezzo), coda (www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/) is what I used in the past for these exact reasons - it would sync my laptop with the server automatically. Since I no longer use a server machine, I haven't used it for a while. I do most backups to external drive via rsync these days. jeff _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
