froscon2010 - PREVIEW
FrOSCon
Free and Open Source Software Conference
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Fabrizio Manfredi |
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| Day | Day 2 - 2010-08-22 |
| Room | C115/Workshop |
| Start time | 11:00 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Info | |
| ID | 535 |
| Event type | Workshop |
| Track | Administration |
| Language used for presentation | English |
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Introduction to AFS
openAFS offers a client-server architecture for file sharing, providing location independence, scalability, and transparent migration capabilities for data. The workshop will give you the knowledge and tools for setting up your own AFS cell
AFS is a distributed filesystem product that was pioneered at Carnegie Mellon University and then developed as a product by the Transarc Corporation (now known as IBM Pittsburgh Labs). It offers a client-server architecture for file sharing, providing location independence, scalability, and transparent migration capabilities for data. Now that AFS has become available through an open source license and it is known as openAFS. The goal of the workshop is to give you the knowledge and tools you need to be able to setting up your own AFS cell.
Topics include: • Overview of AFS concepts and semantics • How to set up a new AFS cell: design decisions, initial setup, planning for the future • Install Kerberos5 server (Authentication issues) • Install AFS server components • Setting up and managing the AFS client • Basic administrative operations • AFS tools to make everything from maintenance to monitoring easier