[Samba] Real-time file synchronisation

[Thomas E. Keiser]

The OpenAFS windows client has finally gotten stable in the past year.
My department here uses the AFS client on windows rather extensively.  I
experimented a while ago with software distribution of a large windows
application (Pro/Engineer) over AFS with pretty good results.  So, you get
the same local caching benefits that unix clients get for software
distribution.  Another major benefit is that cache invalidation only
happens when you release a new version to the read-only replicas.  Plus,
clients automatically load-balance across all fileservers containing the
read-only volume replicas they're looking for.

Regards,

Tom Keiser
tkeiser at cede.psu.edu


On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Chris Ricks wrote:

> Hmm.I can appreciate that AFS is an excellent technology, but I'm a bit
> confused as to you suggesting it, given that we're dealing with Windows
> boxes on the client side. Could you point me to some info that gives an
> example of the solution you're recommending?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>   _____
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> From: Umberto Zanatta [mailto:uzanatta at provincia.treviso.it]
> Sent: Friday, 1 October 2004 5:01 AM
> To: Chris Ricks
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Real-time file synchronisation
>
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>
> I've read all answers, but you should do it by distribuited file systems.
>
> You should try AFS; it's easy to install and works well.
>
> uz.
>
> Il giorno ven, 01-10-2004 alle 00:50 +1000, Chris Ricks ha scritto:
>
>
> Hi all!
>
> I'm looking for a method of doing the following, given that I'm taking care
> of a network with a Samba 3.0.6 box (running Mandrake 10.0) acting as a PDC
> for about 15 W2K boxes:
>
> . There is a share full of program files and data files on the Samba box
> . These files are currently synchronized at logon - all movement is from the
> server to the clients via a logon script using XCOPY /D
>
> I want to engineer a solution that would allow updates of the share to have
> changes propagated out to clients as the share is updated without the users
> being made aware. Essentially, the software vendor is demanding that
> everyone run their software from the network share as to ensure consistency,
> but I hardly think a 300 MB application with 15 MB (!!) executables (about 8
> of them) is really suitable for being "deployed" in that fashion.
>
> All comments appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
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