[OpenAFS] OpenAFS - Transarc compatibility

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:26:27 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Charles Karney wrote:

>  > From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org>
>  > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:48:49 -0400 (EDT)
>  > 
>  > > * are the contents of the cache meaningful when switching systems?
>  > 
>  > Currently yes. Soon no, but it means effectively you lose your cached data
>  > when you switch, and nothing else. Do you plan to switch back and forth
>  > frequently?
> 
> No.  But forewarned is forearmed.

A patch which causes this is in the queue and will be dealt with shortly.
I will document that side effect; It does allow much faster startup when
building a large new cache.

-D