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Hello. I just joined the CODA list, and I have a very practical question. We have been attempting to get Veritas software running on Solaris machines to properly replicate data between two servers that will one day be in different states and connected via a WAN. Unfortunately, the replication software attempts to open all inodes on the filesystem at once and reliably causes a really bad kernel panic. Veritas has admitted that it will not work in our situation and has bowed out. So we're looking for other solutions. Storagetek is one possibility. The deal is, we will have mirrored file servers and mirrored web servers in two different locations that must be kept in sync. If the D.C. facility goes out, the Cary facility has to handle all the load until the DC facility comes online (at which point the DC facility must be synchronized). Also, if a CGI or other program on a webserver in D.C. updates a file, the counterpart Cary webserver must see the change. The webservers should not be able to clobber each other's file changes. Veritas accomplished this by locking files opened for writing. It looks like Coda may do what we need, from reading the documentation. Does anyone have any insight? Or questions about our setup? I'd be very happy to start using Linux and Coda rather than Solaris and X or Network Applicance. I'd be happy to use anything that works. Thanks! Michael Rothwell Director, Internet Application Development InterLan Technologies 111 Corning Road #150 Cary, NC 27513 v: (919) 852-0690 f: (919) 852-0501 e: rothwell_at_interlan.netReceived on 1999-05-05 14:19:36