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Article #3489Re: What is AFS ???
From: Bill Marshall
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:59
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:59
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louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers) writes: >In <marshall.725054387@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) writes: >>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... >>... >> 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. >>================== >> ... >>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. > Is it freely available on the NET or is it sold by Transarc ? Rats. I thought I made that point. It is sold by Transarc. Depending on how many machines you have, it can reduce support costs and increase performance in comparison to NFS. Iowa State has > 600 workstations running AFS. Bill -- Bill Marshall Computer Science Department Iowa State University marshall@cs.iastate.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!marshall From: marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) Subject: Re: What is AFS ??? Message-ID: <marshall.725133594@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1h7nasINNlhm@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <marshall.725054387@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> <1992Dec23.141118.7847@asterix.drev.dnd.ca> Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:59:54 GMT Lines: 36