On 18 Jun 2002, Martin Schulz wrote: > "Boris H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I wanted to use AFS storage my all data, including mySQL data, and Oracle data. >And the data is always changing. > > I think it is a bad idea to load database files in AFS. > > - its relatively slow (network connection!). > > - AFS is a distributed filesystem, the database can only run on > a single machine > > - if you need a distributed database use one > > - AFS consistency is guarantied upon the closure of a file, but a > database keeps its files open virtually all the time. >
Not to mention that AFS doesn't support byte-range locking. This issue has been discussed in more detail in the past - see the list archives. _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
