NFS Question

[Jerry Feldman]

Me too :-)
IMHO: NFS may not be the best solution ever designed, but it is the best 
solution for Unix (et. al.) systems in a multi-vendor shop. 

Years ago (before NFS), Cadmus Computer designed a network file system 
tightly integrated into the kernel. This system actually used the Ethernet 
protocol, and was totally transparent. It had the appropriate security 
elements available at the time. Unfortunately, it was so transparent that 
our VP of sales and marketing didn't know how to sell it (I think he had a 
permanent rectocranial inversion). But, no matter what you use as a network 
file system, you will be prone to all the problems associated with 
networks. NFS has been around for 15 years or so, and has solved many of 
these problems. Today, many vendors are using SAN techniques where large 
disk farms are coupled to the servers through a private high speed LAN 
(using high speed fibre based systems such as fibre-channel and others). 
On 30 Aug 2002 at 10:14, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> This is exactly what NFS was intended for! You should have no problem 
> doing this.  Though you might want to export the fs read-only so 
> various clients don't stomp all over the install :)

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