Yes we use Online Disksuite too. We find it to be a very valuable tool.
The response we got from Transarc is that it is not supported.
I think Transarc should port AFS to Sun Online DiskSuite.
Can other customer sites please respond, hopefully our numbers will
force a port for AFS 3.4.
We would also like Transarc to at least test AFS with Raid technology and
not always rely on their customer base to do the work for them.
Michael Shubaly
Distributed Computing Architecture
Bell Northern Research Ltd
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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>We need to have our RW volumes on some kind of redundant hardware, to
>maximize reliability and down time. RAID evaluation is under way, but
>internally at Morgan, we have much more experience with Sun's ODS. We
>have yet to attempt to put AFS filesystems on top of ODS.
>Has anyone ever tried this?? Used it extensively?? I'm curious to
>give it a try, and take advantage of the mirroring functionailty to
>provide basic disk redundancy, but would like to hear success/failure
>stories from those who have tread this path before.
>The only obvious potential conflict would be fsck, as both AFS and ODS
>provide an enhanced version of this utility. The ODS fsck, according
>to the documentation, does not appear to be required for ODS, but
>merely advisable, at Sun claims to have optimized parallel preening,
>etc.
>My concern is conflicts between the kernel modifications to the basic
>filesystem code in the kernel (not my area of expertise). ODS is an
>enhancement to the 4.2 filesystem, and AFS is implmented on top of
>that, so in theory, there should be no problem.
>W. Phillip Moore Phone: 81-3-3286-9359
>Information Technology Department FAX: 81-3-3286-9040
>Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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