Vic wrote: > I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
(I) Damian wrote: >For a start, and I believe this is quite visible, no system modifications are >required for installation. There is no master-slave arrangement and the whole >systems lives in user space which lends itself to easy management, migration >and future self healing. Just wanted to tack this feature list I have extracted from my coding and docs, good to pause at this point to reflect. I must admit I have been very involved at code/SVN level and I have neglected some of the outward facing presentation. New overview diagram next while I have my business hat on. DIASER is for long term digital archive storage, it securely... 1) Accumulates 2) Geo-Duplicates 3) Manages * Engineered storage architecture * Exists and operates in dedicated user accounts * Flat, human readable storage structure * Highly resilient and robust * Large volume capacity (TB's) * Low operational and maintenance overheads * Manage independently from a Perl enabled workstation * Manage long-term archives * Migratable nodes * Multiple configuration files for multiple installations * Perl installer and configurator * Powered by rsync and OpenSSH * Scalable * Secure design * Simple configuration file and format * Standards compliant * Stats and analysis tools built-in * Use commodity disks for robust storage * UTC Time Zone compensation mechanism * Works with existing backup infrastructures * 3 replicating storage nodes -- http://interlinux.co.uk - Interlinux Services DIASER RoadMap http://bit.ly/1Vtdp5 -- This message has been scanned by MailScanner. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------