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How were large Unix installations managed in the 80s/90s?
- PaulHoule 11mo agoI remember using a cluster of RS/6000 (IBM's PowerPC) workstations that had AFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_File_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_File_System
- DamonHD 11mo agoI was NOT a fan of AFS. NFS was in practice much more reliable when the two were running side by side in my experience. NFS servers don't randomly and silently roll back months of changes for example, which is bad when the file system is holding your primary compiler image!
- gladiatr72 10mo agoYeah, but for those of us running multi-vendor automounted/NFS networks (linux/intel, iris, hp/ux) that only read about AFS, it looked sooo cool. :D
- gladiatr72 10mo agobootp & tftp FTW!
- DamonHD 10mo agoOooooooh yes! Flashback time!