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In computing, a distributed file system (DFS) or network file system is any file system that allows access from multiple hosts to files shared via a computer network.This makes it possible for multiple users on multiple machines to share files and storage resources.
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems (Sun) in 1984, [1] allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a computer network much like local storage is accessed. NFS, like many other protocols, builds on the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC
A packet-switched network transmits data that is divided into units called packets.A packet comprises a header (which describes the packet) and a payload (the data). The Internet is a packet-switched network, and most of the protocols in this list are designed for its protocol stack, the IP protocol suite.
Last access/ read timestamps Last metadata change timestamps Last archive timestamps Access control lists Security/ MAC labels Extended attributes/ Alternate data streams/ forks Metadata checksum/ ECC File system Bcachefs: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Bcachefs: BeeGFS: Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes BeeGFS: CP/M file system: No ...
FreeNAS, a dedicated small-sized NAS server, runs FreeBSD for Network-attached storage (NAS) services, and supports protocols including CIFS/SMB. Advanced Server for Unix (AS/U) comprises a port of Windows NT 3.51's SMB server code to Unix. Microsoft licensed the code to AT&T, which then licensed it to major Unix vendors.
File Access Listener (FAL) is an implementation of the Data Access Protocol (DAP) which is part of the DECnet suite of network protocols created by Digital Equipment Corporation. Magma, developed by Tx0. MapR FS is a distributed high-performance file system that exhibits file, table and messaging APIs.
FlexGroup provides cluster-wide scalable NAS access with NFS and CIFS protocols. [20] A FlexGroup Volume is a collection of constituent FlexVol volumes distributed across nodes (up to 200 per FlexGroup) in the cluster called just "Constituents" or "member volumes", which are transparently aggregated in a single space.
NAS typically uses file-based protocols (as opposed to block-based protocols a SAN would use) such as NFS (popular on UNIX systems), SMB/CIFS (Server Message Block/Common Internet File System) (used with MS Windows systems), AFP (used with Apple Macintosh computers), or NCP (used with OES and Novell NetWare).