Persistent queuing for distributed file systems

A method comprising:

• providing a distributed file system including a plurality of remote systems, the plurality of remote systems including a sender site and a receiver site;
• providing a local queue accessible by the sender site;
• providing a remote queue accessible by the receiver site;
• providing a next attempt time indicator, the next attempt time indicator specifying a next time to install a transferred file on the receiver site;
• and
• providing an attempt counter, the attempt counter indicating how many attempts have been made to install the transferred file on the receiver site,
• wherein the local queue and remote queue assist in synchronizing data on the sender site and the receiver site.

An apparatus comprising:

• a distributed file system including a plurality of remote systems, the plurality of remote systems including a sender site and a receiver site;
• local queuing means accessible by the sender site;
• remote queuing means accessible by the receiver site;
• next attempt means, the next attempt means specifying a next time to install a transferred file on the receiver site;
• and
• attempt counter means, the attempt counter means indicating how many attempts have been made to install the transferred file on the receiver site.