Introduction to AFS

AFS is one of the main networked file-system at RZG.

AFS is a distributed, global  file-system.
Given proper internet access you are able to use it whereever you are:
at Garching, at home or somewhere in the world e.g. on a conference. 

Its most prominent feature for the user is the global namespace.
That's means, independent of your computer you are using, you can access your files

on UNIX under /afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/.

In Windows, UNC-pathes are used: \\AFS\ipp-garching.mpg.de\, some pathes may be mapped to a network-drive on your desktop,

such as Y: \\afs\ipp-garching.mpg.de\ and H: to your home-directory.

Your data is being protected by Kerberos 5. Like this you can access only data your are authorized to and also authorize other people to your data.

Read more on the technical details of AFS,

or the IPP-specific points about it.