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[PLUG] OpenAFS (Was: data in $HOME)
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On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 12:24:33PM -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:
>
> I think you've hit on one of the biggest gaps I see in linux -
> networking support.
>
> Another option that wasn't mentioned is openafs. In theory that
> filesystem offers everything that you're interested in (offline access
> (read-only), windows and linux drivers, etc). However, it is pretty
> complex to set up - I messed with it and ended up giving up. I really
> was interested in using it for my roaming windows profiles since
> transferring them across the network really slows login/logoug. If they
> were stored on openafs then they could be cached locally and the
> filesystem manages the cache so that data isn't retransmitted unless it
> really is stale.
>
OpenAFS sounds really interesting - but only based on what you've said
here. I've looked at the OpenAFS site[1], and the (scant) wikipedia page on
it, and I don't see any description that comes even close to telling me
*what* OpenAFS does. Your paragraph here is remarkably succinct, and I'd
like to learn more of what OpenAFS has to offer without reading through
installation documentaion or trying to distill info out of its maillists.
Do you know where I can get more overview-type information? I'm really
interested in exactly what "offline access" and "cached" files means.
In the best of all worlds, it could be really useful for disaster/emergency
planning (eg, if the connection to the file server is severed).
-Randall
Systems Programmer
CETS, School of Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
[1] http://www.openafs.org/ - If openafs has an "overview" or a "Why OpenAFS"
section on this site somewhere, it's not at all obvious to me.
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