Posts by irods

Building iRODS to take load off scientists' back

Re: Not a single file namespace solution

Correct - the namespace is not shared across independent Zones, but with Federation, they can see each other and share access while retaining the access controls in force by each Zone's policies.

Storage appliances shipped with iRODS allow easy abstraction and affords powerful collaboration.

Re: This doesn't work

Correct - metadata is not copied across Zones by default (once the files are in the other Zone, they are not 'yours' anymore), but copying the metadata can be easily scripted if required and agreed to by each Zone's policies.