Re: AFS backup/restore using ADSM

[David Thompson]

Harald Barth wrote:
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>The Arla folks thought that too, that's why they have implemented it.

Yes, that is excellent.  I think Lyle also makes a good point about
the proliferation of cells with OpenAFS.  The issue with DNS-based
vldb resolution is that it codifies the relationship between cell
names and dns domains.  I think the answer is that yes, we want to do
this, but I think that decision needs to be made carefully.  What it
means is that if I am going to bring up a cell, I _really_ want
administrative control of the corresponding DNS domain.  I think this
is reasonable, but up until now that relationship has only been
casual.  What are the issues involved?  This is where the steering
committee can get involved and help.

As far as /afs, one option (that scales) would be mounting cells in a
hierarchy.  I.e. my cell would become /afs/edu/wisc/cs.  What other
possibilities have others proposed to avoid congestion in /afs?

Dave