## NAMEI vs. inode based file server There are two different flavours of the AFS file server (the fs process): One uses inodes to store AFS data (volumes, files, metadata), the other uses real files. The inode-based server needs a file system which supports access by inode and usually a special fsck is required so that the AFS data is not corrupted (since the server does some behind-the-scenes stuff with the file system). The NAMEI file server does not pose any unusual constraints on the underlying filesystem - it's an ordinary userspace program working with (silly-named) files. You can easily see that you are using an NAMEI file server if there are files like `V0536871833.vol` in your `/vicep*`. (this is incorrect... transarc sun4x\_58 shows these files and is not NAMEI -- guest) -- [[TinoSchwarze]] - 18 Nov 2002 ## Recommended Partition Types for use with [[OpenAFS]]
namei Server Server vicexx Partition Types
Any system type Basically any filesystem you like, as the new namei file server does not do any fancy stuff behind the scenes but only accesses normal files (their names are a bit strange though).
inode Server Server vicexx Partition Types
i386_linux24 ext2, ext3
sun4x_5[789] ufs w/o logging
aix_4[345] , aix_51 ufs
sgi_65 XFS
ppc_darwin_14 ???
Client Cache (/usr/vice/cache)Partition Types
i386_linux24 ext2, ext3
sun4x_5[789] ufs without logging or dedicated ufs cache partition with logging, vxfs
aix_4[345] , aix_51 ufs, JFS
sgi_65 XFS
ppc_darwin_14 ???
These Don't Work reiserfs, vxfs (HP-UX)
-- [[ToddLewis]] - 06 Nov 2002