Cluster file system and BDB - does it work ?

Hi,
I've read in the reference guide that:
" No commercial remote filesystem of which we're aware supports
coherent, distributed shared memory for remote-mounted files"
What about cluster file systems like veritas cluster file system ?
Can I use this file system with BDB ?
I'm trying to find a solution for having one database visible from two computers.
Reader and writer exist on each machine. Any clue how to do that ?
best regards
Moris

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