Hi David,
I checked out Coda, and talked to one of the engineers at Caldera where
they did a more thorough evalution of Coda then I did. Coda is not ready
for prime-time.
Anything you run over high latency/low bandwidth connections will run
poorly.
All my research shows DFS to be a very poor solution. Most sites have
given up on implimenting it. UPenn is one of the few that I have heard is
successfull. There is some new file systems like Web FS (runs as an
extension of http) that seem immature at best. Plus of you have a high
latency, and low bandwidth connection your probably have a high rate of
packet loss. A TCP based protocol (NFS, http based file systems) would
probably slow you down even more.
I think you are stuck, unless you upgrade your connection.
What kind of connection are coming over?
Thomas Vincent
Apple Information Systems & Technology
My opinions are my own, not my employers.
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, iddwb wrote:
>
> Afs is a fine idea -- but it really stinks over low bandwidth high latency
> networks. ARe there any good comparisons between afs/dfs and coda? Is
> coda ready for prime time? Are there any coda to afs translator?
>
> David Bear
> College of Public Programs/ASU
>
>
