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GNU Info (am-utils.info)Volume NamingVolume Naming ============= Volume names are defined to be unique across the entire network. A volume name is the pathname to the volume's root as known by the users of that volume. Since this name uniquely identifies the volume contents, all volumes can be named and accessed from each host, subject to administrative controls. Volumes may be replicated or duplicated. Replicated volumes contain identical copies of the same data and reside at two or more locations in the network. Each of the replicated volumes can be used interchangeably. Duplicated volumes each have the same name but contain different, though functionally identical, data. For example, `/vol/tex' might be the name of a TeX distribution which varied for each machine architecture. Amd provides facilities to take advantage of both replicated and duplicated volumes. Configuration options allow a single set of configuration data to be shared across an entire network by taking advantage of replicated and duplicated volumes. Amd can take advantage of replacement volumes by mounting them as required should an active fileserver become unavailable. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |