[OpenAFS] OpenAFS vs NFSv4?

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:10:00 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Ray Pasetes wrote:

> Well, though not as clean as AFS, the clients don't have to connect to
> a single network end-point. Any NAS head in the cluster can service the
> the client, even if the information is not on that NAS head.  And, if
> the back-end storage is on a SAN, then any NAS head can cover for a
> failing NAS head. Basically they've put the "AFS client code" on the
> heads instead of the individual clients.

Is there transparent failover for the protocol the client is being served
with?