David Bear wrote: >On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 09:50:01PM -0400, Jeffrey Altman wrote: > > >>It is not safe to store any files in AFS which are databases that >>are accessed via multiple applications at the same time. This is >>because there is no byte range locking supported in AFS. >> >> > >I understand that would mean ms access and the like. However, I was >not aware that outlook pst files would be faced with multiple >accesses, I only have one instance of outlook running. > >the point is to make afs a reliable place to put windows user home >directories, ie profiles. We could using some kind of profile >synchronization method -- or we could just map the whole profile into >afs. The later would be my preference. > >
Profiles are normally copied to local disk at login unless you are redirecting folders back to AFS. In that case, the user's files are written to local disk when in use and then copied to AFS at logout. One solution to your problem would be to simulate the byte range locks on the Windows AFS client and then use full file locks within AFS. This is currently an unfunded project. Jeffrey Altman
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