Ted: Is OpenAFS available unsupported? Sure, download the code from openafs.org and have a blast.
Pricing for YFS 1.0 has not been finalized. It will not be available for free. Jeffrey Altman On 10/1/2012 9:12 PM, Ted Creedon wrote: > Is it available unsupported? > > tedc > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Jeffrey Altman > <jalt...@your-file-system.com <mailto:jalt...@your-file-system.com>> wrote: > > On 9/30/2012 4:33 PM, Aaron Knister wrote: > > Regarding support, some type of subscription based model could go > a long way. One if the reasons (other than frankly ignorance) that > OpenAFS was frowned upon at UMBC was our lack of commercial support. > I know there are entities that provide support but they seemed to > require more effort than clicking a button, selecting my > subscription type (X number of FileServers, Y number of "supported" > clients, Z number of vldb servers, etc), and typing in a credit card > number > > I have always received a significant amount of pushback for any pricing > model that is based upon # of servers and especially # of clients. That > is why the YFSI pricing model is based upon number a number of support > incidents. It doesn't matter how many platforms you deploy or how many > servers or number of clients, support is driven by how much support the > organization requires and whether support is U.S. business hours monday > to friday or 24/7/365. > > Support packages start at US$4995 per year. > > Jeffrey Altman > > >
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