Hello. I just wanted to clarify something regarding WebFS which was mentioned below. We don't run over HTTP. we've built a protocol based on FTP with ssl and other extenstions like mounting instead of disconnecting at EOF etc. Thanks. /scott Thomas Vincent - 409-974-3678 wrote: > 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 > > > >
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