Lesson 5 Date: 2/19/2009

Network File System (NFS)

Linux for Engineering and IT Applications

NFS in 7 layer OSI model NFS, XDR and RPC fit into the top 3 layes of the OSI model. XDR translates DATA into canonical (platform independent) format RPC provides remote procedure calls that appear as local processes.

NFS implementation NFS versions File System virtualization NFS and RPC NFS and OSI NFSv3 server stateless NFSv3 daemons NFS mount NFSv3 server side NFSv3 client side Standard mount Automount Security and Optimization NFSv4 features NFSv3 Exercises NFSv4 Exercises Take me to the Course Website