 users and grant tickets.</p>
<p>Known key sets can be stored in keytab files to avoid requiring a password for each transaction. When Kerberos is enabled the Avere cluster stores a keytab file for communication with core filers, and clients can optionally store local keytab files for communication with the cluster&#8217;s vservers.</p>
<p>Kerberos also uses the concept of a <em>realm</em>. The Avere cluster and its core filers must be in the same realm; client requests can come from different realms as lon