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... 23 KB (2,714 words) - 16:35, 16 April 2024 |
Network file system may refer to: A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network Network File System (protocol), a specific brand... 215 bytes (61 words) - 14:02, 29 December 2019 |
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... 16 KB (1,744 words) - 02:14, 30 April 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,197 words) - 17:41, 27 January 2024 |
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... 48 KB (4,482 words) - 13:45, 11 April 2024 |
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... 78 KB (8,795 words) - 16:46, 23 April 2024 |
Distributed File System (DFS) is a set of client and server services that allow an organization using Microsoft Windows servers to organize many distributed... 8 KB (990 words) - 12:15, 16 November 2023 |
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... 14 KB (1,292 words) - 22:40, 29 April 2024 |
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... 7 KB (586 words) - 03:25, 28 October 2023 |
In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed... 18 KB (2,303 words) - 03:22, 13 April 2024 |
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)... 4 KB (326 words) - 23:37, 16 April 2024 |
Server Message Block (redirect from Common Internet File System) 1983 by Barry A. Feigenbaum at IBM to share access to files and printers across a network of systems running IBM's OS/2. In 1987, Microsoft and 3Com implemented... 57 KB (5,650 words) - 13:30, 10 April 2024 |
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level (as opposed to block-level storage) computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing... 19 KB (2,445 words) - 11:42, 6 April 2024 |
distributed file system (DFS) or network file system is any file system that allows access to files from multiple hosts sharing via a computer network. This... 18 KB (562 words) - 11:34, 14 November 2023 |
features include support for single system image on computer clusters and the introduction of the log-structured file system. The Tcl scripting language also... 5 KB (579 words) - 23:26, 28 April 2024 |
Shared resource (redirect from Windows file sharing) shared document The term file sharing traditionally means shared file access, especially in the context of operating systems and LAN and Intranet services... 15 KB (1,587 words) - 22:54, 11 April 2024 |
partially replaced by Distributed File System Replication. It is also known as NTFRS after the name of the executable file that runs the service. One of the... 6 KB (630 words) - 21:35, 18 November 2023 |
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... 8 KB (918 words) - 01:39, 30 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (489 words) - 10:07, 26 April 2024 |
Google File System (GFS or GoogleFS, not to be confused with the GFS Linux file system) is a proprietary distributed file system developed by Google to... 10 KB (977 words) - 21:45, 14 August 2023 |
Apple File System (APFS) is a proprietary file system developed and deployed by Apple Inc. for macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2,... 27 KB (2,415 words) - 21:15, 17 March 2024 |
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... 14 KB (1,571 words) - 05:52, 16 August 2023 |
Peer-to-peer (redirect from Peer-to-peer network) divided. While P2P systems had previously been used in many application domains, the architecture was popularized by the file sharing system Napster, originally... 60 KB (6,865 words) - 15:44, 25 April 2024 |
designed for file transfer over a telecommunications network. Protocols for shared file systems—such as 9P and the Network File System—are beyond the... 63 KB (3,195 words) - 07:02, 24 March 2024 |
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... 5 KB (531 words) - 02:25, 29 March 2023 |
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... 240 KB (11,972 words) - 01:14, 24 April 2024 |
Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output... 13 KB (1,192 words) - 14:27, 6 January 2024 |