[OpenAFS] Re[2]: OpenAFS Newbie Questions

[Derek Atkins]

Raymond <support@bigriverinfotech.com> writes:

> >> A volume is stored on a vicepx partition, and a vicepx partition may  
> contain multiple volumes.  <<
> 
> Is /vicepx the *physical* location of the user data and /afs/<cell name>/  a 
> symbolic / hierarchical representation of the raw data stored in vicepx?

Yes.

> If my understanding is accurate, if /afs/<cell name>/ becomes corrupt or 
> destroyed, can /afs/<cell name>/ be recreated from /vicepx?

You misunderstand...  /afs/<cell> cannot be corrupt -- it is a an
ACTUAL representation of the data stored in /vicepX on your AFS
servers.  The only way for /afs/<cell> to get corrupted is if you
raw data gets corrupted.

> This is important as I will devote a hardware RAID5 array to the physical 
> location of the user data.

Devoting a hardware RAID5 to /vicepX is a Good Idea.

> Raymond

-derek
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