[email protected] wrote on 12/30/2010 07:11:17 PM:

> Hi All
>
> I'm hoping someone may be able to point me to a specific utility for
> this problem. So far I haven't seen anything, so input is
> appreciated. I know this is totally off topic so just pointers is fine.
>
> Problem is as follows..
>
> I have a machine that creates sequencing data over a typical 10
> working days period of time. The machine writes to a data area and
> then uses this data over the course of the experiment to analyse and
> re-write files - we end up with a file around 0.5TB once it's all
> done. The instrument -Windows -  needs a CIFS share which is fine,
> it writes to a samba share on a designated server. What I was hoping
> to do was to split this so that data could go to two machines during
> the course of the experiment bearing in mind that the write CIFS
> folder is changing over the course of the two weeks continuously.
> All suggestions would be most welcome.


you might check out glusterfs.  http://gluster.org  It can server out via
CIFS and can be configured with multiple targets" in a volume so that it
effectively.

it might be a bit over kill, but was very easy to setup.

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