We looked at DFS a while back and found it greatly lacking and highly experimental. Basically, it did not support most forms of file locking and was very picky about supported hardware and kernel versions.
I have not looked at it for a long time. My thoughts - How about a database based file system that is operated using queries like sql. Microshaft has started development on something like this, but it will be some time before it's available. I had tried this about two years ago, but, alas, my programming skills are not up to the task. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Melomedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NFS? Torgeir Veimo writes: > A little off topic, but I'll try anyway. > > I'm not shure if D.J.Bernstein subscribes to this list, but I was > wondering if anyone here knows, given his excellent software architecture > track record, have he ever proposed how a properly created networked file > system could be implemented. I haven't seen anything by DJB on this issue. However, any system administrator or coder that had to deal with NFS knows what a major PITA it is. NFS should have died long time ago in favor of something that actually works. There are alternatives, but most are either commercial or still in developement: GFS, Intermezzo, and MOSIX DTFS for example. The problem with NFS is its reliance on the network. GFS for example, doesn't need a network layer and avoids all the complexities associated with it, it works directly over shared SCSI storage. --
