Anyone planning to store significant quantities of data across multiple distinct nodes should have a look at the Disco Distributed File System: http://discopro

Anyone planning to store significant quantities of data across multiple distinct nodes should have a look at the Disco Distributed File System: http://discoproject.org/doc/start/ddfs.html http://discoproject.org/doc/start/ddfs.html It handles 'data distribution, replication, persistence, addressing and access' quite well.