Alternatives to NFS?

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Autor: Shadow
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Betreff: Alternatives to NFS?
wrote:

> As the subject suggests, I am looking for an alternative to NFS for
> using as a network FS. My main use of NFS at the moment is to mount
> /home and /var/spool/mail from my server. Everything is great until I
> start doing something that does massive FS I/O and I start getting
> "NFS server not respoding\nNFS server OK\n" errors. Anyone played
> around with CODA, Intermezzo, or even NFS over TCP and have any
> experiences regarding the reliability and stability under heavy
> loads. Any other networks FS'es that I haven't mentioned?


How about OpenAFS? Unified directory space, transparent data migration,
multiple server support, expandable, LDAP/Kerberos authentication - the
only two things I would like to see is a Network based RAID and
disconnected operation ala Coda.


-- 
Chris Lewis

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