>
> Jason White wrote:
>
> >pac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > Why not consider
> > > > > c. OpenAFS (http://www.openafs.org/) which I have never used, but
> > > > > apparently it works (or at least used to work/has been rumored to
> > > > > work) with XFS as the underlying file system on the AFS partitions.
> > >
> > > I'll consider it. But that still leaves us where we started.
> > > Has anyone Used any of these, and why are there so many projects
> > > working independently of each other, and which is the most reliable?
> >
> >AFS has a strong reputation for reliability, and it is
> >also the oldest of the systems mentioned, having been used widely in
> >university and corporate settings for years. However I am not
> >acquainted with its reliability or performance under XFS.
> >
> >As to why there are so many projects in this area, I suspect a number
> >of reasons, including different design goals, some projects being
> >newer than others (the desire for a "fresh start" with a different
> >approach to the design), etc.
> >
> If you dig back in the xfs list archives, you should find some references to
> open AFS. Someone, I cannot remember who, got it all working and made
> patches available. AFS does have XFS support built in, but it is Irix XFS
> support getting linux XFS going required some work.
>
>From the archive:
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:58:12 +0100 (BST)
From: "P.Dixon" <p.dixon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: AFS RPMS for 2.4.5-SGI_XFS_1.0.1
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Hi, I've put my openafs RPMs here:
http://hepwww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~pd/rpms/
Cheerio,
Paul
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