Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 15:13:40 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> To: Clemens Hermann <haribeau@gmx.de> Cc: so@server.i-clue.de, Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: redundant servers Message-ID: <20010331151339.35685@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <009801c0b8f9$4d9d3610$fe78a8c0@espe.de>; from Clemens Hermann on Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:10:42AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103301225540.35395-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au> <002c01c0b8e9$465f10e0$fe78a8c0@espe.de> <3AC4350F.3BD8D692@i-clue.de> <20010330182839.53476@caamora.com.au> <009801c0b8f9$4d9d3610$fe78a8c0@espe.de>
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hello, clemens, On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:10:42AM +0200, Clemens Hermann wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > > i was wondering how would something like the andrew filesystem (afs) go in > > this sort of situation, afs would effectively 'mirror' all teh hosts in a > > network (segment) from teh designated server(s). it is like a super nfs > and > > rsync rolled into one with a whole lot more besides. > > yes, I also had a look at this some weeks ago. > > > there are several implementation bits in ports (coda and others, from > memory). > > I was looking at coda but it still seems to be in the experimental stage. > Can anyone give some comments if it is anyway usable in a production > environment? i wou;s also be interesed to hear anybodies 'war stories' as regards anything sfs related, to me it seem a sane way to share data twix laptop's and as we are talking about here a psuedo "ha" architecture. > Are there any other afs implementations available that are already final? open-afs from ibm is sorta being talked about being ported, there have been a few posts in freebsd-afs of late, but as for how far ???? its only early stages for open-afs. as for the others ???? sorry, i mean its started and has gotten some stuff done but there is still talk of how to procede and stuff like that. i keep any eye out for afs related stuff as i plan to replace nfs with afs for purely "jonathan understandable" reasons, sorta grin here ok. sorry i've not been much more help, i just read teh freebsd related stuff these days so i'm developing a somewhat lopsided view of teh world in general .. not a good thing (tm). with regards jonathan -- ================================================================ Jonathan Michaels http://www.caamora.com.au PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 suffering construction anxiety ============================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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