Hello, I'm involved with administrating a network of Windows clients that currently talk to a Samba server on Linux. We're considering migrating to AFS or something AFS like.
My problem is that besides www.openafs.org I am unable to find any up-to-date information on it. So I have a few questions that aren't OpenAFS specific, but this is the only place I know to ask them... * What is the status of AFS as a commercial product (supposing we want the administrative tools that weren't open sourced; such as the backup tools)? Is it still something that is actively used? IBM has som PR stuff on it, but I can't even find a price on their site. * What's the status of DCE/DFS? I understand it's the next-generation AFS. But the product brouchour on IBM's site is dated 1997... * Are AFS/DFS old? Assuming you want to stay away from the usual Windows file sharing solution, which network file system(s) should I consider? Are AFS/DFS still viable options, or are they being phased out? * Are people using OpenAFS in production environments? Is it mature? Obviously, I have quite a few gaps... I've read quite a bit on the way AFS/Coda works, and I have half-way set up both OpenAFS and Coda before, but as for the status of the actual AFS software and such, I haven't got a clue. Any pointers, even if it's just "RTFM <url>", would be appreciated. Thanks! -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' Key retrival: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
