Hi to everyone,
This is a summary of the responses I received for the query I sent
out.
First a special thanks to all who responded to me
> rjackson_at_portal.gmu.edu
> mooney_at_dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu
> jaida_at_gmd.com.pe
> rbr_at_clark.net
> agahmed_at_ns2.emirates.net.ae
> khan_at_fbi003.informatik.fh-hamburg.de
To Summarize:
Pros for ADVFS
1. Patch available for quota on 3.2a
However upgrading to 3.2d-1 has fixed this problem with quota
and other ADVFS bugs .
2. Forgetting FSCK's seems to be great
3. Very flexible -easy to grow fs size, add/remove disks on live
systems, improving data availability
4. faster backups/restores
5. Hopefully Digital will put emphasis on correcting
the ADVFS bugs quickly and accurately
Cons:
1. Advfs is not an SMP product, experience ahard load on CPU0(if
you have two procesors)
2. Lots of bug fixes at the moment
One user had to turn back to ufs on one of his systems running
ADVFS on a Pathworks Server. 3,2 of OSF .
He experienced corrupted files , disappearing directories,
non-repairable files . Digital suggested "that not all disk
manufacturersare supporting the SCSI specifications" .
As a result they resorted back to ufs.
Most of the other responses supported the ADVFS.
Some however did not implement quota at their sites.
Another ran quota but without the -a option on vquotacheck and
vquota on.
I must mention here however, that on Friday last I installed a
patch from digital (both advfs and nfs). So far , quota seems
to be working but it is still being monitored.
Dos users have encountered some setbacks because they may be
near their qota limit, but after their deletes , it appears that
their quota seems to be read accurately.
I was also taken aback when one user suggested running vquotacheck
one a day. We never do this , only on reboot. (with exceptions
when were discovered the corruption)
On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Seela wrote:
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> We are currently experiencing problems with DIGITAl's ADVFS
> Our site has experienced tremendous discomfort with migrating on this
> platform since last summer, so much so that we are considering
> moving back to UFS.
> WHAT I would like to know is how many sites are using the ADVFS?
> and have anyone gone back to ufs
> I will summarize. Thanks for all input
>
> A bit of a background .
> Quota does not function properly with ADVFS -
> -reports wrong output
> -inconveniences users because they cannot write
> to their home directories because the system thinks they are
> above their quota although a du -sk . shows that they
> are way below their quota
> Slower response time - tested with a digital rep as well on site
> Defragmentations have to be done nightly
> Corrupted files when we had some partition with ufs and root/usr
> on ADVFS
>
> Presently we have quota disabled which is very bad for
> our environment because we have to keep constantly buying disks
> to alleviate the problem.
>
> We know in ufs quota works at least.
>
>
>
> Seela Balkissoon
> Computer Systems
> Information Technology Group
> e-mail.- seela.balkissoon_at_sheridanc.on.ca
> "You are making progress if each mistake you make is a new one"
>
>
Seela Balkissoon
Computer Systems
Information Technology Group
e-mail.- seela.balkissoon_at_sheridanc.on.ca
"You are making progress if each mistake you make is a new one"
Received on Wed Mar 06 1996 - 09:20:03 NZDT