[OpenAFS] Moving Authen Servers to different IP addresses

Russ Allbery rra@stanford.edu
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:08:29 -0700


Greg Wilson <Greg.Wilson@asu.edu> writes:

> Any thoughts on the final physical location of the 3 servers and network
> bandwith between them?

> Is it better to have them in 3 different physical locations with 3
> different IP's and if so what should be the bandwith between them.

> I notice in the global CellServDB file that may AFS db servers for
> different installations are all in the same subnet.

You may or may not be able to tell.  For example, Stanford's are on three
different subnets.  We disperse them physically around our campus.  The
VLDB doesn't require much in the way of bandwidth; if you have working
network, you're unlikely to notice.

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