Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!zebr360 From: zebr360@ut-emx.uucp (Jerry Heyman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Andrew File System (AFS) Keywords: AFS, Cray, SGI, Sun, VAX, IBM, Stardent Message-ID: <50235@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 9 Jun 91 23:54:20 GMT References: <337@ra.nrl-cmf.UUCP> Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas Lines: 47 In article <337@ra.nrl-cmf.UUCP> buck@caligula.nrl.navy.mil (Loren Buchanan) writes: >We are in the processes of planning for the installation of a large file >server that will be be running AFS, and was wondering about using AFS on >the Cray, SGI, Sun, VAX, IBM, Stardent, and other computers. > >Are there particular headaches that can be avoided by knowing of past mistakes? Make sure that you do backups on a periodic basis. Even though AFS does its own nightly backups, one would hope that you would still do your own - for disaster recovery purposes. >Is there public domain versions of the software available, or should we tell >management to come up with the money to buy it. If you're asking about PD versions of AFS, the answer is that you need to get your management to purchase the necessary software from Transarc (they're located in Pittsburgh). Since AFS runs in the client-server model, you might want to consider which machines to make servers and which machines to make clients... There is a different cost for which software you use (if I remember correctly). > >Are there third party vendors, and if so who are they? 3rd party vendors of what? Realize that AFS 3.1 (I believe) is the current level and that the AFS filesystem technology is to be included in OSF's DCE offering, meaning that LOTS of companies will be selling it then... > >Any parting shots...er...comments? > We run with it daily. Using IBM RISC System/6000's as both clients and servers, and IBM RT's as clients... >Thanks & B Cing U > >Buck > >Loren Buchanan (buck@caligula.nrl.navy.mil) | #include jerry -- Jerry Heyman by day: IBM PSP, AIX Development zebr360@emx.utexas.edu by nite: Adjunct Lecturer at St. Edward's Univ. *All comments are my own and should not be construed to represent any one else