326 Implementing NFSv4 in the Enterprise: Planning and Migration Strategies
The use of industry-standard protocols such as CIFS and NFS provide
tremendous benefits to GSA File because GSA File uses commodity clients. The
AFS and DFS file system clients limited the number of supported operating
systems. They also often added a six-month delay after an operating system
release before it could be used with the file system. A wider variety of clients can
be supported on GSA File, with fewer problems, because the file system client
software comes with the operating system. This is particularly beneficial for
groups that develop software because they can use prerelease and early-release
operating system versions with GSA File.
The clustered desig ...