[OpenAFS] AFS server and VMWare ESX

[Brian Huntley]

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Good day everyone...

We are preparing a project plan to migrate our current Transarc AFS cell 
living on Sun and IBM UNIX systems to a Linux-based OpenAFS environment. 

We are contemplating creating the AFS servers (3-6 of them) as vm's on 2 
or 3 physical platforms  using VMWare's ESX server.  Has anyone ever tried 
to run an AFS server on a VM?  We are wondering specifically how well AFS 
will cope with the virtual disk space it will have available, vs. being 
able to access the hardware directly, as it would normally expect.  Any 
thoughts or experiences would be greatly appreciated!
TIA!

Best regards,
Brian
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Brian T. Huntley, Systems Administrator
Office of Information Technology
Clarkson University
bhuntley@clarkson.edu
"UNIX *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are."



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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good day everyone...</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are preparing a project plan to migrate
our current Transarc AFS cell living on Sun and IBM UNIX systems to a Linux-based
OpenAFS environment. &nbsp;</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are contemplating creating the AFS
servers (3-6 of them) as vm's on 2 or 3 physical platforms &nbsp;using
VMWare's ESX server. &nbsp;Has anyone ever tried to run an AFS server on
a VM? &nbsp;We are wondering specifically how well AFS will cope with the
virtual disk space it will have available, vs. being able to access the
hardware directly, as it would normally expect. &nbsp;Any thoughts or experiences
would be greatly appreciated!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">TIA!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best regards,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Brian</font>
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Brian T. Huntley, Systems Administrator<br>
Office of Information Technology<br>
Clarkson University<br>
bhuntley@clarkson.edu<br>
&quot;UNIX *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends
are.&quot;<br>
<br>
<br>
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