OpenAFS & distributed file systems

A federated file sharing system: single namespace, unsurpassed scalability, multi-platform client-server, open source.

Consulting, development, support and training for federated file sharing.

Replicas and failover vos release publishes the read/write projects volume as identical read-only copies at Sites A, B, and C. The client opens /afs/example.com/projects/report.pdf from Site A. When A’s file server goes down, the same report.pdf arrives from Site B at the same path, and the client keeps reading. /afs/example.com/projects/report.pdf vos release projects Read/write volume Site A · RO File server Site B · RO File server Site C · RO File server Client A down → read B report.pdf Same file. Same path.

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