Distributed file service

[anonymous]

I want to create a simple distributed file service, I dont know where
to start
Can anyone tell me which packages/classes I have to learn. Also,
should I use RMI? or I can do without it.
The program should be able to :
-Know the addresses of all machines in the network
-Create and access/modify files on any machine in the network that was
created
by the program

Thanks in advance

 

[Karthik]

I want to create a simple distributed file service, I dont know where
to start
Can anyone tell me which packages/classes I have to learn. Also,
should I use RMI? or I can do without it.
The program should be able to :
-Know the addresses of all machines in the network
-Create and access/modify files on any machine in the network that was
created
by the program

Thanks in advance

Obviously to start with - java.net.* classes. You can even check the
non-blocking i/o in J2se 1.4 + , depending on the scope of your application.

 

[Roedy Green]

I want to create a simple distributed file service

Have a look at some of my student project descriptions.
e.g. http://mindprod.com/projbulkfiledistributor.html