278 Implementing NFSv4 in the Enterprise: Planning and Migration Strategies
12.8.2 NFS/AFS Translator
Because the complete migration process might require significant time, data
might reside partially in AFS and partially in NFS. You can use he NFS/AFS
Translator to provide access to AFS-resident data by NFS-only clients.
The NFS/AFS Translator enables users on NFS client machines to access the
AFS file space as though they are working on an AFS client machine. An
NFS/AFS translator machine (or simply translator machine) is a machine
configured as both an AFS client and an NFS server.
The AFS client functionality enables such a system to access AFS file space.
The Cache Manager requests and caches files from AFS File Server machines,
and can ...