Managing AFS: The Andrew File System
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0138027293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Steven C. Simmons said Excellent book on managing AFS. Caveat: yes, I knew the author. I don't think that has affected my review, but full disclosure is usually a good thing.There is a startling shortage of books on AFS (the Andrew File System), and this book is probably the reason why. Ric Campbell wrote this book in the early days of AFS, and it has been enough of a supplement to the system documentation that there's been little need for another.Campbell's presentation assumes you have some degree of skill as a UNIX or Linux system administrator. Given that, the book is enough that any competent admin should be able to build and maintain their AFS cell.Do be aware that th. Very thorough, excellent style A Customer If you are an afs sysadmin you can't afford not to have this incredible book. I'm surprised there are no other rave reviews here.Richard Campbell has done a tremendous job showing the reader what is going on under the hood of an afs system. He also mentions various little titbits you won't find anywhere in Transarc's documentation or webstite. The chapter on debuggin various problems will give you an procedural methodology on how to tackle certain problems. There is an enormous amount of info in this book. It's also worth mentioning that the publisher has done a wonderfull job on design and typesetting; very clean like
Intended for UNIX system administrators, this work explains how to manage AFS to its greatest effect, including the installation of an adequate server setup to handle thousands of clients with a minimum if administrator and hardware overhead. It also presents a cogent business case for using AFS.. It shows how AFS solved the distributed file system problem, and covers how to extend AFS usage to very large sites
One interesting chapter presents AFS case studies, highlighting how IBM, Morgan Stanley, and the University of Michigan are using the file system. Throughout Managing AFS, the text is clear and readable--even entertaining. The basic idea of AFS is that all users of a network get a common picture of the file system even though it represents data that's stored on many different machines. Designed to handle terabytes of data and thousands of users distributed across large networks, the Andrew File System (AFS) works as a Unix and Windows NT add-on that replaces the standard Network File Sys