Author(s)

Emmanuel N. Ekwonwune¹, Bright U. Ezeoha²

¹Department of Computer Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria.
²Department of Computer Science, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria.

The bane of achieving a scalable distributed file sharing system is the centralized data system and single server oriented file [sharing] system. In this paper, the solution to the problems in a distributed environment is presented. Thus, inability to upload sizeable files, slow transportation of files, weak security and lack of fault tolerance are the major problems in the existing system. Hence, the utmost need is to build a client-server network that runs on two or more server systems in order to implement scalability, such that when one server is down, the other(s) would still hold up the activities within the network. And to achieve this reliable network environment, LINUX network operating system is recommended among others as a preferred platform for the synchronization of the server systems, such that every user activity like sending of internal memos/mails, publication of academic articles, is replicated; thereby, achieving the proposed result. Hence, Scalable Distributed File Sharing System provides the robustness required to having a reliable intranet.

Distributed System, Architecture, Files Sharing, Distributed File System, Replication, Reliability, Transparency, Data Access Interfaces, Fault Detection, Fault Tolerance, Cache Consistency, Scalability

Ekwonwune, E. and Ezeoha, B. (2019) Scalable Distributed File Sharing System: A Robust Strategy for a Reliable Networked Environment in Tertiary Institutions. International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, 12, 49-58. doi: 10.4236/ijcns.2019.124005.