[OpenAFS] Re: afs vs nfs

[lamont@scriptkiddie.org]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Dan Pritts wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:50:26PM -0800, lamont@scriptkiddie.org wrote:
>> structure.  Please don't suggest changing this if you don't understand how
>> it affects the streaming vs. seeking performance of operations.  The fact
>> that AFS stores data in a serialized format in managable chunks is a
>> *HUGE* win.
>
> I never suggested changing it.  I merely stated that it was a big
> difference between AFS & NFS, and for some situations, it could be
> considered a disadvantage.

I still don't see the situations where its a big disadvantage.  The format 
of an AFS volume file is just as opaque to me as an umounted filesystem 
block device.  If its get to the point where I'm digging through /dev/sda1 
trying to fix something on the filesystem I'm much better off wiping the 
system, reinstalling and recovering from backups if I need to.  Same goes 
for AFS.  I can't think of any use cases of ripping apart the on-disk 
format of a volume that aren't better addressed through some other tactic 
that is less of a waste of my time.