dnfs

Distributed Network File System Based on FUSE

General Information

DNFS (Distributed Network File System) is a userspace file system based on FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace).

Dependencies

Linux kernel version 2.6.X where X >= 9. GNU libc library

Installation

fisrt install fuse

./configure
make 
make install
modprobe fuse

You may also need to add '/usr/local/lib' to '/etc/ld.so.conf'
then run ldconfig.

then build dnfs

run "make dnfs-mount" to build the dnfs client.
run "make dnfs-server" to build the dnfs server.
run "make dnfs-node" to build the dnfs node.
run "make" to build all the three parts.
run "make install" installs the dnfs bin to /usr/bin.

How To Use

meta-data server

./dnfs-server  or dnfs-server

dnfs client

./dnfs-mount option or dnfs-mount option
eg: ./dnfs-mount -s 192.168.1.72 /mnt/dnfs 

dnfs storage node

./dnfs-node -s server-ip [other options]
eg: ./dnfs-node -s 192.168.1.72 or dnfs-node -s 192.168.1.72

eporting bugs

Please send bug reports to the [email protected].