so this is the first time ive heard of such a thing when one of my friends sent me a link over msn about this concept and code doing it and wondered if this is possible?
the link for those interested: http://r00tsecurity.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10755
I’m pretty sure Google does it something like this. Although thay don’t store data on one slave, but on multiple slaves, redundantly, so it doesn’t matter if one of the slaves breaks down.
Lots to pick from:
Network security is an important thing for small businesses and large businesses. Telecommuters that work from home and access corporate networks also need to be very security conscious. Most business level security and threat management appliances are very expensive putting them out of the reach of many people and companies.
And what does this have to do with distributed file systems? I don’t see the connection …