Abstrakt
Current web technologies have been leaping forward, especially since the introduction of HTML5. The web browsers of the day implement various APIs for the client-side scripts, such as elaborate data storage or advanced network connectivity.
We propose, how to combine these technologies to create distributed data storage using the web environment. We have implemented a prototype framework as a proof of concept and explored the most problematic issues which require to be researched further.
Systems that would use this storage may benefit from the fact that the users do not need to install or configure any type of client application, since the only thing required is the web browser. Web-based distributed data storage can be used as an extension of server storage, for data caching, and in various other applications.