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For some usage cases isn't Coda a suitable replacement? http://coda.cs.cmu.edu/ http://coda.cs.cmu.edu/

• alttab 17y ago
  While Coda has been around for a while and is great - it looks like this provides a different service. This is cloud based, does your backups for you, and doesn't require that you have your own servers, which reduces maintenance. Code is software - not a "turn key" full solution. But you are correct, if cost cutting isn't your issue and you wanted a distributed file system that's leaps and bounds over NFS that would be your ticket.
  • rlpb 17y ago
    > and doesn't require that you have your own servers It looks to me like it requires a virtual machine somewhere, which presumably means that you need a server to run one on. There's an FAQ "What happens when I need to migrate to a new server?" which suggests this too. Although I can't seem to find a summary anywhere of what would be involved in setting this up on your own network.
    • jnoller 17y ago
      The download/appliance is a VMware image (ergo, a virtual appliance). This means you must have a VMware server somewhere on your LAN.