[OpenAFS-devel] Re: [OpenAFS] offsite backup

[Jim Rees]

  1. Installing rsync on the (Windows) client side could be a problem.

If rsync is a problem, you should consider unison.  I think it works fine on
Windows.

  2. Automating AFS logon + rsync is going to be a problem

You should be able to acquire tokens on the client, then pass them to the
server via ssh (you'll need an older version of ssh).

  3. I've found that AFS directory stat() calls are fairly slow over the
  network.

But you won't be doing afs stat calls over the network.  You'll be doing
them from the rsync (or unison) server to the afs server.  Presumably they
are both on the same lan.