On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 05:28:24PM -0600, Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez wrote: > Is not this what you are trying to accomplish? > > http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ57.html#HDRWQ59 > > and then, adding space: > > http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ130.html > > and if you need to move the volume to another partition/bigger disk: > > http://docs.openafs.org/AdminGuide/index.html#HDRWQ177.html#HDRWQ179 > > "Volumes are easy to move between partitions, on the same or different > machines, because they are by definition smaller than a partition. Perhaps > the most common reasons to move volumes are to balance the load among file > server machines or to take advantage of greater disk capacity on certain > machines. You can move volumes as often as necessary without disrupting > user access to their contents, because the move procedure makes the > contents unavailable for only a few seconds. The automatic tracking of > volume locations in the Volume Location Database (VLDB) assures that access > remains transparent."
Altough the discussion was related to nick's "old" designs which do not use nfs or afs. jirib
