Re: [K12OSN] OpenAFS

[Steve Wright <paua quicksilver net nz>]

On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 08:20, Angus Carr wrote:

> 
> I was thinking of setting up an OpenAFS server system here, and thought 
> that others in the K12LTSP community might think it was useful, too. I 
> guess I am looking for thoughts from the various members on the list 
> about what you think of a service like that.


I had an application for a DFS a while back (I forget what exactly) but
I remember that the OpenAFS stuff was atrocious...  What a mission it
was, and even then it was flaky as hell..


>  I know that I find the 
> Windows version of the same thing absolutely invaluable, as a user, and 
> as a sysadmin. The loss of a laptop to airport theives didn't mean we'd 
> lost the entire project document tree.


Apache+WebDAV is probably what you need, or Apache+FrontPage Extensions.


> The other component of this is that a large installation with multiple 
> LTSP servers could use those servers for file service too, as a 
> transparent backup in the case of the loss of the central file server.

hmmm, It's not going to be particularly solid, IMO.


best,
Steve