iFolder Linux Client Brain Dump

Before too much time passes and I forget everything, I wanted to take some time to write up some information about the iFolder Linux Client for anyone who cares. A word of caution though, all terms and information will be explained by me; and by that, I mean that some other iFolder Developers will likely have a deeper understanding of certain parts (like Simias)...hit them up yourself for information on that.


So, let's jump right in!

Simias
Simias was originally created as a generic data store where you could create collections of information and store them. Simias handles synchronizing the collections from machine to machine. Simias allows you to share collections of data with other users and controls the access levels each user has to the collections (Administrator, Read/Write, Read Only).

iFolder
iFolder 3 is built on top of Simias. Each iFolder is essentially a Simias Collection. The iFolder Simias Collection contains nodes of data that represent files on a computer. Simias synchronizes these nodes of data between computers. A separate synchronization module uses these nodes to actually synchronize the files the nodes represent.

And now for the outline of what's in the above diagram...

Download TXT file: ifolder-client-arch-outline.txt