Re: database server behavior during network partition

[Lyle_Seaman]

Excerpts from transarc.external.info-afs: 12-Aug-94 Re: database server
behavio.. Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] (412*) 

> > There is a real need to be able to maintain multiple cells with shared 
> > volumes. Administratively, these cells would be the same -- they would 
> > only be different from the point of view of the db servers and their 
> > quorum mechanism. 

> i couldn't agree with this more.  this is one of the core problems 
> we've attempted to address as we deploy afs worldwide across our 
> internal wan. 

Would the availability of read-only access to database servers without
quorum alter your statements? 

In other words, are y'all (those of you who are, that is) suggesting
transparent cross-cell volumes as a mechanism for dealing with this
database problem?  Which, if it didn't exist, would prompt you to simply
use a single cell?