# Pending and Desired [[OpenAFS]] Projects
## Pending Projects The following are items known to be in progress, and, where available, a point of contact. - [[DisconnectedOperation]] provides the ability to use AFS while not connected to a network. - [[NestedGroups]] allows PTS groups to have other groups as members. Code available, waiting for [[OpenAFS]] port. In CVS head, not in 1.2 branch. - [[FreeBSDPort]] -- Server ported. Cache manager available, not stable yet. - [[HPUX11Port|Main/HP-UX11Port]] -- Missing RX code reconstructed. Header needed, available from HP. Available in 1.2.10. - [[NetBSDPort]] -- No timeline available. - [[OpenBSDPort]] -- In progress. Cache manager available, not stable yet. - [[AutoConf]] with automake too. In progress. Contact [[DerrickBrashear]]. - [[DynamicRoot]] (/afs) support utilizing AFSDB DNS resource records is available for all UNIX ports. Windows includes similar [[FreelanceClient]] support. - [[AtSysConfig]] allows @sys expansion from a list. Substantially complete. Contact [[TedMcCabe]]. - [[AmandaBackup]] -- Support for backup using [Amanda](http://www.amanda.org). In progress. Contact [[MitchCollinsworth]]. - [[BetterDocumentation]] -- Contact [[RenatoArruda]]. ## Proposed Projects The following are items which have been proposed, but which are not yet in progress. A point of contact is included where appropriate. - [[SupportIPv6]] - [[KerberosV]] -- Support Kerberos version 5 and additional encryption type support. Contact [[JeffreyHutzelman]] - [[LargeFiles]] -- Support for files over 2GB. The concensus seems to be that beyond supporting big files, large volumes already work fine. Actively in progress. R Lindsay Todd, Hartmut Reuter, and Nathan Neulinger working on this. - [[MultipleClones]] provides support for more than one backup and read-only volume for a single read/write. - [[SelectableUbikTieBreaker]] -- proposes to change lowest IP metric to something administrator-selectable. - [[VolumeDumpEditor]] -- Need tool to allow editing volume dumps. - [[WindowsIFS]] -- Implement AFS as a Windows installable file system instead of as a virtual SMB server. - [[BetterServerPreferences]] allow selectable continuous or on-demand server preferences in clients based on available information about Rx connection round trip times instead of classful networking approach currently used. Contact [[DerrickBrashear]]. _Do this for vldb servers too, or is that a separate project? [[TedAnderson]]_ - [[NFSTranslatorServer]] -- Create an AFS/NFS translator for [[OpenAFS]] because there were licensing issues with the code in the IBM/Transarc product. A Solaris-only version will be supported with and after 1.2.8. Another approach is a user-mode implementation. Contact [[JeffreyHutzelman]]. - [[PartitionUUID]] -- Create partition UUIDs such that the vldb can be rapdily updated if a disk is moved from one machine to another. Contact [[DerrickBrashear]]. - [[ByteRangeLocks]] would improve support for applications that use them especially those on Windows platforms. ---- Copied by [[TedAnderson]] with some minor edits from (dated 17-Oct-2001). ---- ## Discussion