Distributed File Locking

Distributed File Locking in Resilio Active Everywhere is enabled per job, with configurable scope down to specific folders or file types, plus automatic timeouts to prevent stale locks. Lock availability is always checked locally first for immediate responsiveness, while lock state is propagated across the environment in real time via distributed coordination.

Locks are enforced consistently across supported endpoints, including Windows desktops, file servers, and caching gateways, and are centrally visible in the Active Everywhere Management Console for monitoring. Administrators can manually release or unlock files when needed via an override workflow.

Unlike traditional locking systems that rely on heavy centralized infrastructure, our distributed approach delivers predictable, high performance with minimal overhead while maintaining consistent control across teams and locations.

Most file locking solutions bolt lock management onto centralized infrastructure, creating single points of failure and performance bottlenecks that worsen with scale. Resilio takes a fundamentally different approach.

Distributed File Locking is natively integrated into the Active Everywhere platform and enforced directly across agents—no centralized lock server required. Locks are applied consistently across jobs, access methods, and locations, while the Management Console provides a single point of visibility and administrative control.

The result is conflict prevention that scales with modern hybrid and edge deployments without introducing the latency or fragility of centralized alternatives.