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Date:      Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:03:35 -0600
From:      Sean Kelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Global / Cluster / Shared filesystem for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20050314050334.GA40144@edgemaster.zombie.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050311152736.63E7E1BB8B@citi.umich.edu>
References:  <20050311152736.63E7E1BB8B@citi.umich.edu>

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 10:27:36AM -0500, Jim Rees wrote:
> There are OpenAFS and NFSv4 clients for FreeBSD, but unfortunately neither
> is really production quality.  It wouldn't take much to make at least the
> OpenAFS client usable but no one seems to be working on it now.

I may be looking into AFS more for my workplace. If this comes to pass, I
may end up making an effort to get it working on FreeBSD as a hobby during
my spare time.

Some things to look at that I've also been poking at:
 * Apparently the newest development (1.3.x) OpenAFS servers will work on
   FreeBSD, but the client is not production quality.
 * /usr/ports/net/arla implements a client that supposedly works on
   FreeBSD, though I have yet to test it.
 * OpenAFS is looking for people interested in making their client work on
   FreeBSD.

Hope this helps. I'd like to see FreeBSD get much better AFS and general
clustering/internetworking support. For example, easier to configure LDAP
and Kerberos. Must.. compete.. with.. Active.. Directory...

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