Re: AFS a piece of crap? no

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From: David Gill
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00

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On 24-Jun-96 20:51:15 I believe it was Keith Blakemore-Noble who wrote:

> As someone who is not taking any side on this thread, can I just ask a
> question?

> Which filesystem would you recommend -

> (1) One which may crash very rarely, but has no recovery tools, or
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                                               minimal (diskvalid, disksalv 4)

> (2) One which may crash more often than (1) but which has recovery tools
>     aplenty?

      and is very much slower than (1) and very much cheaper

I go for 1 and make regular backups. The main problem for AFS users is that it
cannot possibly live up to the claims made for it and support is woefully
lacking.

AFS = 1
FFS = 2
FLD = answers on a postcard please

David
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Subject: Re: AFS a piece of crap? no
Date: 1996/06/24
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