I need your software help geeks

[fly]

I'm looking for some distributed datastore software. Basically, our PCs at the office come with WAY more storage than the average user would ever need. I would like to reclaim some of that space for network storage. Maybe set aside 10GB on all computers, sorta like M$ DFS, sorta like a reverse peer-2-peer, sorta like Freenet. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[APRIL]

Limewire.

 

[Penis Envy]

get them smaller hard drives??

Remove a platter and build 1 super drive??

How the F should i know..

Map drives.. shit..

 

[Penis Envy]

Limewire.

seriously..
do what you do best.

STFU and stick something up your bum.

 

[itburnswhenipee]

I'm not convinced that what you want to do is a good idea. Do you really want uptime critical systems in the hands of your users?

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY HDD U DAMN DIRTY APE!

 

[ERage]

I'm not convinced that what you want to do is a good idea. Do you really want uptime critical systems in the hands of your users?

 

[CletusJones]

I'm not convinced that what you want to do is a good idea. Do you really want uptime critical systems in the hands of your users?

this man speaks the truth. users are stupid in general, that's a pretty big gamble to put sensative data on their drives.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

If I knew that shit was on my hdd Id delete it just to piss you off

 

[itburnswhenipee]

Here's something the seems pretty close to what you want:
http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/

The caveat? Linux, of course.

Pretty slick, nonetheless. I guess if you had a pile of old workstations you could set them all up to run this and have a reasonably redundant network file system.

 

[APRIL]

seriously..
do what you do best.

STFU and stick something up your bum.

You don't have to put a heart behind everything you say, you pussy.

 

[Penis Envy]

seriously.. putting any kind of sensitive information on a users machine..
1. do they get backed up
2. what if they shut them down at night like most do.

 

[Penis Envy]

You don't have to put a heart behind everything you say, you pussy.

fine then.. FUCK OFF

 

[fly]

I'm not convinced that what you want to do is a good idea. Do you really want uptime critical systems in the hands of your users?

No. I want it for backups of PCs and software installs, where it isnt critical that the files be there. I would also prefer that the file be copied to more than one PC for redundancy.

 

[Penis Envy]

No. I want it for backups of PCs and software installs, where it isnt critical that the files be there. I would also prefer that the file be copied to more than one PC for redundancy.

Sounds like you guys have a shit network infastructure to begin with..

 

[fly]

seriously.. putting any kind of sensitive information on a users machine..
1. do they get backed up
2. what if they shut them down at night like most do.

Encrypt it.

I dont need the files at night.

 

[fly]

Sounds like you guys have a shit network infastructure to begin with..

How does any of this have to do with network infrastructure?

 

[ERage]

fine then.. F*CK OFF

fixt

 

[itburnswhenipee]

No. I want it for backups of PCs and software installs, where it isnt critical that the files be there. I would also prefer that the file be copied to more than one PC for redundancy.

Well, set up that mogfileFS thing on a linux box, configure a NSF client on each of your workstations, and go to town.

Alternately you could use a backup tape like the rest of the world.

 

[APRIL]

fine then.. FUCK OFF

Your balls are finally dropping.