Chris
some answers to your Q-s
A1:
An AFS fileserver promises a client to call it back when an other
client updates a file and the first client's copy is thus out-of-date.
The AFS fileserver code has no notion that client_ethernet and
client_FDDI are/is in fact just one box calld client.
A2:
Unsupported, but I heard that it would be fine to install a multi-homed
client with static routing to "just" the AFS server machines.
One site does this on an SP2.
But I cannot, at this time, forsee how that would impact inter AFS
server traffic.
A5:
Transarc have done some testing on fileserver code to gte multihomed
client to work. As so often the question is nto whether it works, but
can they productise this and support it for the rest of the products life.
I think they should. SP2s are appearing left, right, below, above and
center, so it would certainly be worthwhile.
Hope this helps
Joop Verdoes
Shell Research and Technology Services
(the first time I use this company name after we re-orged, h'm... looks posh!)
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| Our upcoming AFS installation brings up some multi-homed questions, any
| discussion
| and enlightenment on the subject is appreciated. Here's something to
| start with:
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| Transarc says that only plain AFS fileservers work properly.
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| Q1: Why doesn't multi-homed AFS clients work ?
| Q2: If I have a multi homed AFS fileserver, I cannot run afsd on it righ=
| t ?
| Q3: Would it work if I have a secondary server backbone network that
| uses static routes ?
| Q4: Could such a setup work even with database machines ?
| Q5: What work is going on to make multi-homed AFS machines - other than
| file servers - work ?
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| Chris
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