[OpenAFS] AFS from NFS Mount

[Nathan Neulinger]

Yes, you can do that... I assume you have a Filer or something similar.
With Linux or other namei based afs fileserver, it will probably work
just fine. Just make sure to point only on afs server at the data.

You _might_ need to create AlwaysAttach in the vicepX directory you
mount, but I'm not sure that will be necessary.

The nfs translator is something completely different, that's to export
afs data to an nfs-only client.

-- Nathan

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 14:22, frank marxs wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has experience running OpenAFS filesystem which use an 
> NFS partition as their primary storage ?
> 
> I want to try AFS exporting a filesystem / volume which is being NFS
> mounted from some an NFS server?
> 
> We have a very high-performance and scaleable NFS-only file Server
> with lots of spare disk space ... but for some data sets we'd rather
> they be accessible only via AFS for additional security.
> 
> I would like to have my AFS server use the NFS server for disk space,
> and give me an AFS export to my AFS clients...
> 
> Any thoughts on feasibility, or potential problems?
> 
> In this scenario the NFS server would have an export dedicated only to
> the AFS server [potentially on a private network] and the AFS server
> would be the only system with any control / access to that NFS mount.
> 
>          NFS export                          AFS export
> NFS     ------------->SUN / IBM / AFS server -----------> AFS Client
> SERVER                Mounting NFS Storage
>                       Exporting via AFS
> 
> Can OpenAFS export a filesystem it's mounting via NFS, or does OpenAFS need 
> some sort of raw or device level control to it's filesystem /
> partition?
> 
> From my cursory reading, it appears that an AFS / NFS translator
> simply allows a client for which there is no AFS software available,
> to access an AFS filesystem via an NFS like interface ... so doesn't
> appear that would work for my scenario.
> 
> Cheers
> Frank
> 
> "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." - Einstein
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