22 Understanding the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family
NFS
The Network File System (NFS) is a file sharing protocol in a UNIX network. It is
the
de facto standard for file sharing in UNIX environments. The Network File
System, which was designed by SUN Microsystems, gives users a transparent
access to remote file systems on our UNIX computers. For the users, the NFS
appears as part of the local file system. They can share and manipulate files as if
on their own system. NFS uses RPCs (remote procedure calls), which allows a
machine to initiate a procedure on another machine over TCP/IP. NFS is
stateless and unaware of work on client machines.
Samba
Samba is a free software that enables UNIX and Linux servers to pose as a file
server to Windows ...