Separate CIFS emulation module

[cveld]

Hi there, dear Alfresco developers,

My client is currently migrating a big shared folder repository to a new ECM system. Would be great if we could replace the legacy shared folder repository by a CICS emulation layer that will service container documents for popular file types with the url to the new location written in it.
In this way we can support users that still use legacy links to the old location, and need to be helped to move to the new ECM system.

My guess is that the Alfresco CIFS module could be leveraged to build such an emulation layer. This CIFS emulator module is quite unique in the market place!

Is it easy to do this?
Based on information shared via the Alfresco community I cannot conclude this easily.
Maybe this CIFS extension module is too much intertwined with the whole Alfresco architecture.

Please let me know.

Regards,
Carl

[mrogers]

Not sure what you are asking.    

Are you asking whether you can use JLAN on another ECM system.   Or are you migrating to alfresco and want to use CIFS.

[cveld]

Thanks for pointing me to this JLAN module. I am indeed asking whether it is possible to use the JLAN module on another ECM system, in this case Sharepoint 2010.

Looks like the JLAN module is very extensible by nature and it is 'fairly easy' to implement a custom adapter that leverages a mapping database from former UNC path location to the new Sharepoint 2010 location to stream the original file. Or, just to stream a container document with the link to the new link in it to offer some kind of redirection experience.

Are there any limitations technically or license-wise I need to know of?
What versions of JDK and Windows are supported?
Can we just download it and start using it on production environments?