Re: [Storagesync] Storagesync Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1

Hi,

from my point of view the remoteStorage project addresses a subset of
the use cases of the  WebDAV specification.

The main difference I can observe is that the specification is built on
REST instead of XML-based communication.

I personally like much more REST than WebDAV because it is more
developer friendly and it is faster to develop.
 Maybe the remoteStorage API becomes the next WebDAV :)

However, the remoteStorage API does not provide a way of synchronising
data, this task is delegated to the developers.
Is there a plan to provide such feature based on the outcome of this
draft?

BTW, I want to introduce ClawIO (http://clawio.github.io), a research
project to benchmark different synchronisation protocols against
different data backends with special attention to provide a common sync
API.

A common API for different sync protocols is being created based on the
architecture specified in this draft (control and data servers) and the
one from the CERN EOS project (management, disk and queue servers).

The Phase I has implemented the ownCloud Sync Protocol and Phase II will
implement the SeaFile Sync Protocol.
The choice of these protocols among others is because they are really
opposed to each other in terms of syncing (delta vs non-delta,
state-based vs log/event/git-based sync …), so finding a common approach
is more challenging.

Providing a base specification/architecture to measure the feasibility
of this draft is one of the objectives of the project.

I believe that the work being done here and in ClawIO are supplementary
to each other and I think mutual collaboration could be beneficial for
both sides.

Also, if there is interest, the remoteStorage API can be added to
ClawIO.

Best regards,

Hugo Gonzalez Labrador

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