Choice of the distributed file system(1)

Choice of the distributed file system(1)

We have surveyed following candidate technologies.

• NFS and NIS
  • The most popular software to build distributed computing environment.
  • Security is not enough to integrate user owned workstations into the central service.
  • AFS
    • Used at many major HEP laboratories around the world, however, TRANSARC recommends to migrate to DFS from AFS.

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