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Kenneth Hoste edited this page Jun 12, 2021 · 2 revisions

CernVM-FS

website: https://cernvm.cern.ch/fs
documentation: https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io
GitHub: https://github.com/cvmfs/cvmfs
JIRA:https://sft.its.cern.ch/jira/projects/CVM/issues
tutorial: https://cvmfs-contrib.github.io/cvmfs-tutorial-2021
notes:
- used by Compute Canada
  - docs for clients: https://docs.computecanada.ca/wiki/CVMFS
  - technical docs: https://github.com/ComputeCanada/CVMFS/wiki/technical-documentation
- good contacts with developers
  - attending CernVM-FS coordination meetings

NFS

Network File System
Ganesha implementation: https://nfs-ganesha.github.io - https://github.com/nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha

AFS

Andrew File System
OpenAFS implementation
- website: http://www.openafs.org
notes:
- used by Goldman Sachs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga4M3xZNQoE)

Coda

Coda file system
website: http://coda.cs.cmu.edu
GitHub: https://github.com/cmusatyalab/coda

IPFS