This feature has been added in the 3.4 release of AFS. This change,
together with the database preferences in 3.4, will make it much
easier for large organizations to expand AFS throughout their
environment.
Note that it was only the protection server that was modified. All the
other database servers always did give out r/o info even when not in a
quorum.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lyle Seaman) says:
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> 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?
