[OpenAFS] Re: Minor question on moving AFS db servers

[Harald Barth]

> I just mention this because I don't think there's any way to avoid this
> one. Other userspace "clients" will not notice because they are
> short-lived processes, but anything that's long running, we don't have a
> way to notify of CellServDB changes.

The usespace clients could leave "hints" (for example in a file) that
a cell has a bad DB server and then future userspace clients could do
something "intelligent" with the hints.

Another more agressive way would be to contact more than one db server
at a time, for example pick two at random and use the info from the one 
that answers first.

Harald.