Re: Developing a Distributed File System

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On Jul 09, 2006  22:23 -0700, UZAIR LAKHANI wrote:
> Our team want to develop a distributed file system, a
> file system like NFS or in other words a remote file
> access system.

First you need to explain why you want to develop a
new distributed file system?  What is wrong with any
of the existing filesystems?

> Since both linux and fs (especially a distributed one)
> are new to me, I want help in this regard that how I
> start this development of a prototype and which
> documents/books to study for this purpose.

This is by no means an easy task to start with.  How about
fixing some bug or simple feature to implement on an
existing filesystem (even a local one) before tackling
the hardest problem first?

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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