NFS works well on small and medium size networks, but is not suited for a large network like Sweet Hall's. AFS authenticates users, not machines. This allows people with an AFS account to access their account files from any machine that mounts the AFS filing system, such as the residential NeXTs and Terman cluster. Each institution that uses AFS and is connected to the Internet most likely has a cell. This makes updating and maintaining software much easier.
Individuals can grant privileges to individuals or user-created groups.
This is ideal for group projects. The permission are covered in Basic AFS document. Note that this will also affect how you should setup your .plan , and .rhosts files. This sometimes allows you to undelete files you accidently deleted or overwrote. AFS combined with Kerberos offers the best security since it authenticates users and jobs and not machines, thus reducing the possibility of ip spoofing.