On 9/13/07, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/13/07, Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> But in any case, my opinion on most network file systems is they'd be
> better replaced by rsync+cron possibly +inotify trigger.
rsyncing 500 Gig networkable appliances to where exactly?
... like these things:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10844
Network-capable large capacity harddrives marketted to home users are
a reality. I think I can even get them a Sam's Club and Walmart now.
People actually use these things...over home networks... not kidding.
I know that gnome-vfs deals with cifs... but picasa doesn't talk
gnome-vfs as far as I know. if you can tell me how to get picasa or
other non-gnome applications to see a cifs connection managed by
gnome-vfs.. i might buy you a beer.
-jef"really really really would like to drop the use of autofs"spaleta
you can do all of this with fuse. When the gvfs2 comes out that will
all be included for free.
Jon