Coda File System

Re: Is Coda right for me?

From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk_at_matchmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:34:40 -0700
Ivan Popov wrote:

>On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 12:01:37AM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
>  
>
>>>Certainly Coda is the best fs in that aspect. The question is what you
>>>mean by "globalness". Some approximation like AFS does it can be ok.
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>How are the name spaces of Coda and AFS different?  Up until now I 
>>thought they are pretty similar in that respect...
>>    
>>
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>in AFS the contents of /afs is defined by a file to be present on each client.
>I.e. the file name space is defined by the client, not really global.
>That's why you can see "shortcuts" there which would not work on another client.
>So clients from different administration domains often can not access the
>same files via same names.
>
>Coda uses DNS which is global by design. You can always reach any realm,
>without any intervention of the client administrator.
>
I seem to recall something about this.  But wasn't that overcome with 
the "root" afs volume?

Thanks Ivan, this is something I'll need to look into once I start my 
testing.

Mike
Received on 2004-09-20 13:35:07