Vic wrote:
> I'm afraid I've fallen at the first hurdle; I've done some reading on
DIASER, but I've yet to understand what it offers me over and above
something like MooseFS and losetup -e...
(I) Damian wrote:
>For a start, and I believe this is quite visible, no system modifications
are >required for installation. There is no master-slave arrangement and the
whole >systems lives in user space which lends itself to easy management,
migration >and future self healing.
Just wanted to tack this feature list I have extracted from my coding and
docs, good to pause at this point to reflect. I must admit I have been very
involved at code/SVN level and I have neglected some of the outward facing
presentation. New overview diagram next while I have my business hat on.
DIASER is for long term digital archive storage, it securely...
1) Accumulates
2) Geo-Duplicates
3) Manages
* Engineered storage architecture
* Exists and operates in dedicated user accounts
* Flat, human readable storage structure
* Highly resilient and robust
* Large volume capacity (TB's)
* Low operational and maintenance overheads
* Manage independently from a Perl enabled workstation
* Manage long-term archives
* Migratable nodes
* Multiple configuration files for multiple installations
* Perl installer and configurator
* Powered by rsync and OpenSSH
* Scalable
* Secure design
* Simple configuration file and format
* Standards compliant
* Stats and analysis tools built-in
* Use commodity disks for robust storage
* UTC Time Zone compensation mechanism
* Works with existing backup infrastructures
* 3 replicating storage nodes
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