[OpenAFS] scripts for automatic installation + client cache questions

[Derek Atkins]

"klaas hagemann" <klaas@northsailor.de> writes:

> > Basically, if your cache partition fills, AFS is screwed.  The benefit
> > of having your own AFS cache partition is that if only AFS uses the
> > partition you are guaranteed that it will never fill to capacity.  If
> > you share the cache partition, then you have to always worry about how
> > much space is left, because AFS will crash ungracefully in the face of
> > a full cache (or worse, it could destroy data).
>
> Ok, i thought of something like that. But there is no performance increase?

There may be a small performance increase due to a smaller iget()
search area...  I would always recommend a standalone cache partition,
mostly for stability, but just in general.

> Thanks, Klaas

-derek
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