From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 10:58:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9907137B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 10:58:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5D4543F75 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 10:58:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h47HwmOg004996; Wed, 7 May 2003 13:58:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h47HwmB0004995; Wed, 7 May 2003 13:58:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200305071758.h47HwmB0004995@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tillman@seekingfire.com (Tillman) Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 13:58:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20030506222149.E19124@seekingfire.com> from "Tillman" at May 06, 2003 10:21:49 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AFS Server and Client X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 17:58:52 -0000 > > 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_