[OpenAFS] key issues for OpenAFS future?

[Paul Blackburn]

Hello,

I have seen a comment that:

>"OpenAFS is interesting in certain situations, but until it has support for
>things like files over 2 GB, byte range locks, and journaled filesystems
>it is not going to be a serious contender in the filesystem market."
>
For the way we use AFS, none of these are an issue.
I can see that the 2GB filesize could be a consideration for some sites.

For me a more important issue would be getting AFS kernel modules
into the Linux kernel source tree because this would enable porting
to many distros and machine architectures "at one go".

What do other people think?
What capabilities are considered important for the OpenAFS future?
--
cheers
paul                          http://acm.org/~mpb