Bruno Carnazzi wrote:
So, I'd like to know if OpenBSD's AFS could do the following (I assume that our actual file servers are replaced by OpenBSD AFS cells) : * Gently synchronize/distribute 2 physical file servers in 1 logical file server (real time is not needed)
Yes.
* Does it scale well (new AFS cells, new clients) ?
Yes.
* Does it support a quota mechnism ?
Yes,
* Implementation and Administration cost (we are 2 bright guys :) ?
Hard to tell. Poeple that have done AFS once seldom stops doing it, so there must be something in it to hook us afs-admins
* What about the file permissions ? Is that Windows 2k3-friendly (ACL) ?
It has ACL's, but they aren't the same as any other OSs implementation.
* Why OpenBSD devs re-writed an AFS instead of reusing OpenAFS ?
They didn't, they imported arla. Before OpenAFS, it wasn't free either.
* Integration with ActiveDirectory for authentication ?
Yes, that is possible.
* Recovery of a lost cell ?
? There are backup solutions for AFS, if that is what you're asking. Both commercial stuff that talks afs, and some tape-support-code in openafs to do it without external programs too.
