Replica (Plan 9)
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replica is a client–server data-replication system for Plan 9 from Bell Labs
. It was originally designed for distributing updates to the fourth edition of Plan 9. The server stores changes to its file system in a log; the client updates itself by reading that log and applying any changes.
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system. It was developed primarily for research purposes as the successor to Unix by the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs between the mid-1980s and 2002...
. It was originally designed for distributing updates to the fourth edition of Plan 9. The server stores changes to its file system in a log; the client updates itself by reading that log and applying any changes.