Re: What is AFS ???

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From: Bill Marshall
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:59

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rrp@cfm.brown.edu (Bob Petrocelli) writes:

>I noticed a reference to AFS when FTPing to archive.umich.edu...
>What is AFS....How do I get it...

From /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac/00introduction
==================
  AFS (which is also referred to as Andrew File System) connects universities
and research sites around the world together.  The mac.archive files are
kept on an AFS server, and Unix machines running the client software can
"cd" (change directory) into the directory holding the archive files
directly (i.e. bypassing ftp).  To the typical user, it's as if mac.archive
was on your local machine.

  If you'd like more information on the AFS network and technology and its
advantages, you can send e-mail to "info@transarc.com" or phone them
up at 1-412-338-4400.
==================

My comments:

AFS was developed at CMU and is supported my Transarc. It provides a
distributed file system with consistent pathnames for any user on any
machine. Transarc has some good info in the way of technical papers
and brochures.

Bill

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			    Bill Marshall
		     Computer Science Department
			Iowa State University
		       marshall@cs.iastate.edu

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