AFS Strategy Session

Agenda & Why We are Here

Recent Events (Why we are here)

Agenda

History

AFS History at FERMI

AFS History at FERMI

Move to Improve Stability

Move to Improve Stability

The Last Few Years

The Last Few Years

Current Status and Onsite Usage

Current Status

Current Status

Current Usage

Current Usage

Current Usage

Current Usage

Offsite Usage and
Comments From Experiments

Off-Site Usage of AFS

Off-Site Usage of AFS

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Comments from Experiments

Global File System Requirements

GFS Requirements

GFS - Security

GFS - Ubiquity

GFS - Scalability

GFS - Performance and Reliability

GFS - Sharing

GFS - WAN Access

Options

Options Considered

Don’t need a global file system

Use an alternative to AFS

Use an alternative to AFS

Continue to use AFS

Freeze IBM AFS

IBM Support of IBM AFS

3rd Party Support of OpenAFS

Community Support of OpenAFS

Community Support of OpenAFS

Support Strategy Summary

Recommendation

Points we want to stress…

Points we want to stress…

"AFS satisfactory but has deficiencies"

Recommendation