Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems (Sun) in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer...

Network file system may refer to: A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network Network File System (protocol), a specific brand...

usually for redundancy or performance. A shared-disk file system uses a storage area network (SAN) to allow multiple computers to gain direct disk access...

between networked computers. A file system provides a data storage service that allows applications to share mass storage. Without a file system, applications...

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for sharing data using a distributed hash table to...

Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space...

access to server data when the network connection is lost. During normal operation, a user reads and writes to the file system normally, while the client...

distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing. The name Lustre is a portmanteau word derived from Linux and cluster. Lustre file system...

to more thorough information on file systems. Many older operating systems support only their one "native" file system, which does not bear any name apart...

disconnected file system) originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University. DCE/DFS consisted of multiple cooperative components that provided a network file system...

file is one of several system facilities that assists in addressing network nodes in a computer network. It is a common part of an operating system's...

Distributed File System (DFS) is a set of client and server services that allow an organization using Microsoft Windows servers to organize many distributed...

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...

exposing an existing disk file system over the network, over the specific SFS protocol. On Unix-like systems, SFS file systems can usually be found at...

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group...

NetWare File System (NWFS) was a file system based on a heavily optimized, journal-based FAT file system. It was used in the Novell NetWare network operating...

EFS supports Network File System (NFS) versions 4.0 and 4.1 (NFSv4) protocol, and control access to files through Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)...

highly available, highly performing, scalable general-purpose network distributed file system for data centers. Initially proprietary software, it was released...

1983 by Barry A. Feigenbaum at IBM to share access to files and printers across a network of systems running IBM's IBM PC DOS. In 1987, Microsoft and 3Com...

shared document The term file sharing traditionally means shared file access, especially in the context of operating systems and LAN and Intranet services...

access different types of concrete file systems in a uniform way. A VFS can, for example, be used to access local and network storage devices transparently...

File Sharing (RFS) is a Unix operating system component for sharing resources, such as files, devices, and file system directories, across a network,...

designed for file transfer over a telecommunications network. Protocols for shared file systems—such as 9P and the Network File System—are beyond the...

remote network access, and file versioning. The original ODS-1 layer is a flat file system; the ODS-2 version is a hierarchical file system, with support...

participate in computer networks and shared file and printer access within a local area network (LAN). This description of operating systems is now largely historical...

In a computer file system, a fork is a set of data associated with a file-system object. File systems without forks only allow a single set of data for...

storage, a global file system is a distributed file system that can be accessed from multiple locations, typically across a wide-area network, and provides...

stages of nodes booting on a local area network when the operating system or firmware images are stored on a file server. TFTP was first standardized in...

InterMezzo was a distributed file system written for the Linux kernel, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It was included in the standard...

The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...