[OpenAFS] About `dafileserver` vs `fileserver` differences (for small cells)

[Måns Nilsson]

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Subject: [OpenAFS] About `dafileserver` vs `fileserver` differences (for sm=
all cells) Date: Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 10:05:25PM +0200 Quoting Ciprian Dori=
n Craciun (ciprian.craciun@gmail.com):
> Hello all!
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> I understand from the documentation that the main difference between
> `dafileserver` and `fileserver` is the "on-demand-attach" of volumes.

<snip>

> I ask this also from the perspective of a small cell operator (for
> personal purposes), where attach-on-demand is not an issue, and in
> fact I think I would prefer all my volumes to be attached as early as
> possible.

As I recall, the demand attach file server is a scalability option. Which i=
n practice means that if you need it, you know it. Me, I have a startup tim=
e under one minute for my small cell of some 400 volumes over 1,5TiB data. =
This using a small and old Supermicro machine with ZFS and FreeBSD.=20

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