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The JPL cell administrators are interested in analyzing AFS/DFS
performance and how it can be optimized. A possible concern is that
the current network infrastructure might eventually be saturated by
AFS traffic once several thousand users call AFS their home. Major
questions are:
1) How does AFS performance compare with DFS under various comparable
loading conditions? (i.e. # volumes and # of accesses per volume)
2) Is there a good way to load-balance servers by having an "AFS
rover" track usage and automatically move volumes around? Should such a
tool be developed?
3) Is the above concern a valid one? Has any site run into any
bottlenecks at all, network or otherwise, using AFS or DFS? What's
been done about it?
4) What other AFS/DFS metrics and optimizing tools would be useful, or
are already developed?
5) Are there any actual studies or research papers on any of these topics?
6) What are good sources to find out about all of the above?
7) Does anyone actually care?
Thanks much for any help or pointers! Anticipatingly,
Daniel Bromberg, Co-op
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
M/S 126-130 (818) 393-3872
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
