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Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung

L.Schimmer1Graz, 24.9.2008

OpenAFS Site Report CGV



Size 50 user, 20 active Debian linux server db/fs Windows XP Sp3 clients mostly 2-5 debian/grml workstations DAVE linux clients HeyeWall win/linux dualboot



Size 3 db/ 3 fileserver local 1 fileserver in germany (readonly copys only) Each fs SATA RAID5 1 to 2 TB Right now 5 TB in use (with only 20 users) New hardware arrived last week: VMWare ESX server iSCSI storage 30TB SATA



Client setup

Linux clients home in AFS space Windows profiles in AFS space, started with whole

profile in one volume, now switching to offline folder redirection

Obtaining ticket/tokens while login



problems Max numbers of files/dir Max 22 chars per volume name Linux: login gdm/KDM Windows: getting tokens sometimes takes time User profiles slow Some files not storeable (Skype dbb files e.g.) Context menu blocks system on some users Out of quota with redirected folder is a problem

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