AFS Version 3.0 was in turn based on the AFS Version 2.0 protocol (also used by the Coda disconnected file system) originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
A DCE/DFS client system utilized a locally managed cache that would contain copies (or regions) of the original file.
In doing this it allowed administrative control of the location for the fileset in a manner that was transparent to the end user.
No public mention of this effort has been made since 2005, leading many to believe the project has been killed.
Staff in several locations simultaneously edited the 1996 Olympics website; DFS was used to synchronize their changes and update Web mirror sites around the world.