[OpenAFS] the best distributed file system

[Matthew Andrews]

Russ Allbery wrote:

 >Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs <6delgado@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> writes:
 >
 >>I get the Impression you're implying that AFS is a good choice for
 >>"mission-critical data storage".
 >>
 >
 >>Wouldn't it be responsible right now to warn newcomers about the
 >>CopyOnWrite failure issue on linux?
 >>
 >
 >>While these issues are present AFS is not exactly the premium choice
 >>for mission-critical data storage either.
 >>
 >
 >We've never seen any CopyOnWrite failure, ever.
 >
 >I've not been following that closely, but isn't it specific to running
 >file servers on Linux?  Lots and lots of us who use AFS for
 >mission-critical data storage are not and never have run file servers on
 >Linux.
 >
I believe it apears to be specific to the namei fileserver on any systype.

-Matthew Andrews