Transcription of Sun’s Network File System (NFS)
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49. Sun's Network File System (NFS). One of the first uses of distributed client/ server computing was in the realm of distributed file systems. In such an environment, there are a number of client machines and one server (or a few); the server stores the data on its disks, and clients request data through well-formed protocol messages. Figure depicts the basic setup. Client 0. Client 1. Network server Client 2. RAID. Client 3. Figure : A Generic Client/ server System As you can see from the picture, the server has the disks, and clients send messages across a Network to access their directories and files on those disks.
Sun’s Network File System (NFS) One of the first uses of distributed client/server computing was in the realm of distributed file systems. In such an environment, there are a number of client machines and one server (or a few); the server stores the data on its disks, and clients request data through well-formed protocol messages.
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