sort of Network Block Device, open, simple, and especiallycross-platform?

hi everyone,

i wonder if such a things does exist.

i would like to build a "special semantics" networked filesystem,
accessible through the "plain old filesystem interface", e.g. open,
close, seek etc.

the hardest part is - i think - make it available both under linux and
windows systems with minimum effort. the server might be developed
only linux-side, it doesn't really matter.

does such a thing exist?
otherwise said, before reinventing the wheel: does an open and simple
protocol for networked block device exist?

thank you in advance, give me some hints and i'll RTFMs

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:45:53 -0700, gst rearranged some electrons to say:

> hi everyone,
>
> i wonder if such a things does exist.
>
> i would like to build a "special semantics" networked filesystem,
> accessible through the "plain old filesystem interface", e.g. open,
> close, seek etc.
>
> the hardest part is - i think - make it available both under linux and
> windows systems with minimum effort. the server might be developed only
> linux-side, it doesn't really matter.
>
> does such a thing exist?
> otherwise said, before reinventing the wheel: does an open and simple
> protocol for networked block device exist?
>
> thank you in advance, give me some hints and i'll RTFMs

NFS