Re: [OpenAFS] configuring largefile server

2008-10-02 Thread Andrew Bacchi
Derrick, I don't think it defaults to building the largefile-fileserver. I had a user that could not 'cat' two files together making a single file of over 3GB, with my build of OpenAFS-1.4.6. I then built 1.4.7, and specified --enable-largefile-fileserver. Now I can 'cat' those files

[OpenAFS] re-ip a database server

2008-10-02 Thread Suzanne McTaggart
This past weekend I re-ip'ed my afs database server from one net to another. Everything seems to be functioning except I do not get the correct listing from vos lista. As it lists the old ip address but not the new name or new ip. bash-3.1# vos lista vsu_ClientInit: Could not get afs tokens,

[OpenAFS] Backups CPU-bound... any way to speed up?

2008-10-02 Thread Atro Tossavainen
I've noticed that my backups of AFS are throttled by the CPU. (I'm backing up to intermediate disk files and from there to tape using NetWorker. Both volserver and vos are rather hungry for CPU, I notice. I have disk systems that could take a lot more than is currently being fed from/to

[OpenAFS] Re: afs_syscall (Samba as a client of OpenAFS)

2008-10-02 Thread Volker Lendecke
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 09:49:34PM +0200, Gémes Géza wrote: from which to me the suspicious line seems to be: afs_syscall(0x14, 0, 0x400c5603, 0xbffcbfd4, 0) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) which I simply don't understand, because the box otherwise is a fully functional openafs client

[OpenAFS] 1.4.8, Rx Performance Improvements, and a Small Business Innovative Research grant

2008-10-02 Thread Jeffrey Altman
In discussions during 2007 with the HEPiX community, it was made clear to the gatekeepers that identifying and correcting trouble spots within Rx was one of the most important areas that OpenAFS needed to improve in order to maintain the existing deployments within that community of users. No

[OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.4.8 release candidate 1 available

2008-10-02 Thread Jason Edgecombe
Derrick J Brashear wrote: The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the first release candidate for OpenAFS version 1.4.8. Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at: http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.4.8pre1.html or via AFS at: UNIX:

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.4.8 release candidate 1 available

2008-10-02 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Jason Edgecombe wrote: Derrick J Brashear wrote: The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the first release candidate for OpenAFS version 1.4.8. Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at: http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.4.8pre1.html or