Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 13:58:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tillman@seekingfire.com (Tillman) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AFS Server and Client Message-ID: <200305071758.h47HwmB0004995@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030506222149.E19124@seekingfire.com> from "Tillman" at May 06, 2003 10:21:49 PM
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> > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:40:22PM -0400, Adam wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 22:50, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > > Is AFS something that garners little interest in FreeBSD circles? > > > > I think the overwhelming choice of a DFS in FreeBSD is NFS. May I ask > > why you would opt for AFS over NFS? I was under the impression that AFS > > was more or less a dead project .. > > Aside from features like volume management, failover, kerberos > authentication, ease of client maintenance and intelligent client-side > caching, you mean? ;-) You said it! The difference between AFS and NFS is sort of like the difference between having the whole internet and having a few temporary point-to-point file transfer connections. > > I'd /love/ to see the OpenAFS server in the ports tree - the last > messages on it that I've seen on various mailing lists seem to imply > that it's Real Close Now. We could hope. So, how is it really coming - anyone know? ////jerry > > -T > > -- > Page 38: Be sure that, in the excitement of creating a totally rad > password, you resist the temptation to tell someone just to show off how > smart you are. > - Harley Hahn, _The Unix Companion_
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