[HCoop-Discuss] delays

[Davor Ocelic]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 02:09:49PM -0400, Chris Beggy wrote:
> Thanks for all of the work on AFS and the associated workarounds.
> It seems to me, from the traffic on this list and the sysadmin
> list, that implementation of afs has pushed out the switchover to
> the new server at the expensive provider.  That has had a cost.
> 
> Going forward, I suspect the afs server implementation will
> require dedicated/paid sysadmins for maintenance and may require
> moving to Transarc commercial afs server software.  Most of the
> AFS installations I know use Transarc/IBM server and openafs
> clients.

We've got quite a reputable member group; I doubt HCoop will have
to outsource non-member admins for anything.

And as far as I am into the AFS scene, IBM/Transarc code has its
share of problems and people don't use it for new installations.

Cya,
-doc