[OpenAFS] Re: user home directory replication
Jonathan Nilsson
jnilsson@uci.edu
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:24:46 -0700
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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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> Does anyone have any more detail on how the vos release operation<br>
> works? Is it actually differential? block-level or file-level?<br>
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> I can't think of any reason NOT to proceed with this... so if anyo=
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> who has tried this has any advice, it'd be much appreciated!<br>
</div><br>Just be careful, since usually people and software try to mount j=
ust<br>
#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=
tation, then I think we can get in the habit of always mounting with "=
-rw" where necessary.<br><br><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt =
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Various people have done this sort of thing before. =C2=A0It works if you=
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know<br>
what you're getting into and what to expect from it.<br></blockquote><d=
iv><br>This is the hard part... we don't fully know what we're gett=
ing into, but we will roll it out to small groups of users at a time and le=
arn along the way.<br>
<br>--<br>Jonathan <br></div></div>
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