[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Re : Help needed in developing disconnected operation for OpenAFS on windows

[vvelagapuri@students.iiit.ac.in]

Dear sir/madam,

   We are working on  Disconnected operation for AFS on windows platform
as a part of microsoft open research project (15 months duration). We
want to implement the features that are there in AFS at University of
Michigan.They have implemented it as a part of LITTLE WORK PROJECT.For
this we need the basic design of AFS on Microsoft windows.We are not
disturbing the server most of the times.

   here is the link to their project :
     http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/1290000/1287074/p1-huston.htm?key1=1287074&key2=6570754021&coll=&dl=&CFID=18653746&CFTOKEN=64668636

  Our implementation details are as follows :

   1)Change the cache control system. Make the cache manager more
optimistic towards the files .
   2)Run a the program that works as server  in the client itself.
   3) Make sure that you implement different set of actions in the
disconnected mode for commands like open ,read and write.This can be
achived by setting a variable to turn on in the disconnected mode.
  4) When the connection resumed ,we will write all the logs in main
server.We have mechanisms to take care of synchronization problems.

  The basic problem that we are facing is the nativity. I have been
working on linux for the past 6 years and i had very little experience
in windows application development.

  We would be thankful to you if you can provide detailed design/component
diagram of AFS on windows so that we can easily locate which modules we
have to change and where they are.

  We would be delightful if you can suggest any material ( books /
journals /research papers / release notes / source code ) on AFS
development for windows.

Yours sincerely,
Vamshi Velagapuri and Kiran Kumar,
Undergraduate students 3 rd year,
International Institute Of Information Technology, Hydearabad ,
India.