[OpenAFS] any gotchas to adding/changing endian'ness of a database server

[Derrick J Brashear]

On 27 Nov 2002, Jimmy Engelbrecht wrote:

> openafs.org was running one DB-server on alpha/Tru64 one on sparc/Solaris
> and the last one on i386/linux for about 2 months, everything worked just
> fine.

Likewise, dementia.org still has one SunOS 4.1.4 dbserver (running OpenAFS
1.2.5 dbserver binaries) and one i386 Linux dbserver, as it has for a few
years now.

> - do not ever ever ever get in a state where the master do not have a
>   complete database. Replace them one by one in a smart order and be
>   PATIENT, it takes some time.

I agree.