[OpenAFS] any hack to get multiple read/write mirrors

[Shawn Freebern]

Zachary,

It sounds like what you want is a central AFS server, with one or more
large-cache clients at each office site.  Run the samba server on the
clients.  Then, AFS will function as designed - any site can read data if
it's not changing, and access should be quick, since the clients will have
it cached.  If one site writes to the volume, the client will update the
server, and the clients at other sites will be notified of the change.  I
don't see your real need for servers at each location - except for faster
access to local-only data, which can still be done.

You'll still need a solid network, but it sounds like you're set, there -
and this type of solution wouldn't be moving any more data than your
previous concept of each server updating all the others after a write.

	Shawn