In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Ralston Crawford writes:
>Excerpts from dl.info-afs: 18-Nov-94 news server in AFS? Gerhard
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (555*)
>
>> The reason why I ask is, our news server which also happens to be an AFS
>> fileserver always runs out of inodes long before the disk's space is
>> filled. Am I right that in AFS, disk space would be utilized more
>> efficiently?
>
>If running out of inodes is your problem, you should newfs your news
>spool partitions with a higher inode density--I did this when we
>upgraded our news server last summer, and we've never had inode shortage
>problems. Besides, unless you can find a way to circumvent the
>"callback problem" (and address other issues, like subdividing
>hierarchies across AFS volumes), moving your news spool into AFS space
>will almost certainly be a *lose*, not win.
I certainly concur. I tried for a number of months to get a news server
running spooling into AFS. (Solaris 2.2, Solaris 2.3/ AFS 3.3 beta/AFS 3.3/
AFS 3.3a) I've heard that people do it, but I can't seem to get past the
problems related to performace and the problem with callbacks.
-matthew ____ "Thanks mom...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / love the genes."
Voice:(703)708-1621 \/
