[OpenAFS] Re: user home directory replication

[Jonathan Nilsson]

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> > Does anyone have any more detail on how the vos release operation
> > works? Is it actually differential? block-level or file-level?
>
> It's file-level.
>

Thanks for the info.  I will keep this in mind if I notice 'vos release'
operations taking a long time.


>  > I can't think of any reason NOT to proceed with this... so if anyone
> > who has tried this has any advice, it'd be much appreciated!
>
> Just be careful, since usually people and software try to mount just
> #user.foo. to get to a home dir, which in this setup can cause
> unexpected results. But as long as people know about it, it should be
> okay.
>

Yes, I see.  If it is just a matter of expectation, then I think we can get
in the habit of always mounting with "-rw" where necessary.

Various people have done this sort of thing before.  It works if you know
> what you're getting into and what to expect from it.
>

This is the hard part... we don't fully know what we're getting into, but we
will roll it out to small groups of users at a time and learn along the way.

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Jonathan

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&gt; I can&#39;t think of any reason NOT to proceed with this... so if anyo=
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#user.foo. to get to a home dir, which in this setup can cause<br>
unexpected results. But as long as people know about it, it should be<br>
okay.<br></blockquote><br>Yes, I see.=C2=A0 If it is just a matter of expec=
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iv><br>This is the hard part... we don&#39;t fully know what we&#39;re gett=
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<br>--<br>Jonathan <br></div></div>

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