324 Implementing NFSv4 in the Enterprise: Planning and Migration Strategies
clustered environment. These will be examined over the long term to see how
they can be used to benefit GSA File clients.
Centralization
The AFS and DFS file systems inside IBM grew over a period of time in a grass
roots fashion. This meant that every site had its own implementation, tools, and
policies around AFS and DFS. While this provided tremendous flexibility, it also
contributed to increased cost and often led to problems being rediscovered and
solved independently at multiple sites. It also led to customer frustration as more
projects became cross-site projects, resulting in administrators being forced to
deal with multiple systems that were managed differently ...