[Zope] Zope + Coda = Client Side Zope?

[Jack Ungerleider]

Well there goes this weekend. ;-) I've grabbed the Postscript copies of some of
the coda documentation and I think I'll attempt to set something up this
weekend if I have a chance. My "lab" setup includes a Linux server, a Linux
workstation, and a Windows 95 workstation, so I'll be able to check so measure
of "cross-platform-ness".

The idea of a ReplicatedStorage mechanism is what I was (mis)firing at with the
original question on feasability.  As I have stated before on this list some of
my background is Lotus Domino/Notes and this could bring Zope close to some
functionality of a Notes Client/Domino Server interaction. (I won't bore the
list with details if anybody wants some I'll be glad to do it outside the
bandwidth of the list, unless a lot people want it :-)


On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Michel Pelletier wrote:
> Jack Ungerleider wrote:
> > 
> > Some of the dsicussions in the Client Side Zope thread got me to thinking about
> > an article I read in Linux Journal sometime ago on the Coda file system. As
> > luck would have I can't seem to find that issue. Most of the information
> > contained in that article (now over a year old) can be found in updated form at
> > http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/ .
> > 
> > For those who've not heard of coda its a distributed filesystem that supports a
> > variety of the features, including disconnected operation and replication among
> > multiple servers, that were mentioned in the previous thread.
> > 
> > I will admit to knowing only the very surface information about coda and throw
> > this to the list for anyone who has actually used it. Also do any of the DC
> > folks think that a data store centered around a coda type fs would be doable?
> 
> Absolutly, but in this case you can just use FileStorage, since coda is
> a filesystem.
> 
> > I've been intrigued by coda since I first read the article this may be the
> > reason to explore further.
> > 
> > Any other thoughts on this?
> 
> I attended the Coda session at last year's Linux Expo.  There, the
> professor in charge of the project gave a very clear explanation of coda
> and how it works.
> 
> Useful results with Zope should be immediate, Simply store your Data.fs
> file on a filesystem that is replicated by Coda.
> 
> There is a more interesting application however, and that is
> implementing the actual coda protocols themsleves into a sort of
> ReplicatedStorage (I'm not positive if that is the best way to slice the
> pie, but it's an idea).  Another idea is to roll a similar or identical
> protocol into ZEO, so that not only are Storage Clients and Storage
> Server are distributed in a parent/child relationship, but also that
> Storage Servers can be distributed in a peer relationship that replicate
> each other to provide failover and replication.
> 
> Interesting stuff in any case.  I'd really like to hear about someone
> who has a success story with Code and Zope using just it's filesystem
> capabilities.
> 
> -Michel
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