[OpenAFS] Suggestions

[Derek Atkins]

Mitch Collinsworth <mitch@ccmr.cornell.edu> writes:

> On 24 Jul 2002, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > It's very hard to share files off of local disks.  You certainly
> > cannot do so securely.  Yes, you can distribute files off of local
> > disks, but that is not the same thing.  Similarly, backups out
> > of AFS are better and easier than backups off of local disk.
> 
> Wow.  First time I can remember anyone claiming AFS backups are
> easier than, um, anything!  :-)

Try to backup a Tb of disk space when:

 a) that space is in AFS
 b) that space is distributed across 1000 PCs

Which do YOU think would be easier?

> -mitch

-derek

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