[OpenAFS] Summary of recommended configuration options from the workshop

Russ Allbery rra@stanford.edu
Mon, 26 May 2008 11:59:25 -0700


Robert Banz <rob@nofocus.org> writes:

> WHY, pray tell, are we recommending against fastrestart? I think this
> has been one of the best options in OpenAFS to come along. Is it just a
> misunderstanding of what it does?

No, it is not a misunderstanding.  Fast restart is not the right solution
to the problem and is not an option that we recommend.  Demand attach is
the right solution to this problem -- please test 1.5 if you can so that
we can get demand attach into a stable release.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>