baileyb

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to OpenAFS? on Thursday January 30, 2014 @12:15PM (#7151807)

Sure, the question was a little vague. Right now, we are mounting an OpenAFS volume and using an editor on our local machine (Sublime for example) to code. After we're done editing, the code is run on the server, which also mounts the same OpenAFS volume.

The main reason we chose OpenAFS was the security model. However, from what I've read it seems to be based on Kerberos 4, which is out-of-date and has problems. It's also difficult to maintain a OpenAFS cell and requires a separate Kerberos authentication server.

I'm basically looking for a more modern DFS that implements better user-based security.

Ask HN: Alternatives to OpenAFS?

Posted by baileyb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:56PM
from the ask-hn dept.

A project I'm working on needs a secure network file share to synchronize files between our local machines and our remote servers in real-time. Right now we're using OpenAFS, but I feel like there has to be a better option. Any recommendations? Anyone have any experience with GlusterFS?

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