Sun’s Network File System (NFS)
Architecture:
- Arbitrary collection of clients and servers share a common file system.
- Every machine can be both a client and a server.
- Servers export directories for access by remote clients (defined in the /etc/exports file).
- Clients access exported directories by mounting them remotely.
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Protocols:
- mounting
- Client sends a path name and server returns a file handle.
- Static mounting (at boot-up) vs. automounting.
- Hard mounting vs. soft mounting
- file and directory access
- Servers are stateless (no OPEN/CLOSE calls)