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QUESTION POSED ON: 23 June 2003
What is NFS and how is it different from normal file system?

Network File System is a client/server application designed by Sun Microsystems that allows all network users to access shared files stored on computers of different types. NFS provides access to shared files through an interface called the Virtual File System (VFS) that runs on top of TCP/IP. Users can manipulate shared files as if they were stored locally on the user's own hard disk. With NFS, computers connected to a network operate as clients while accessing remote files, and as servers while providing remote users access to local shared files. The NFS standards are publicly available and widely used. wwws.sun.com/software/whitepapers/wp-nfs.sw/flyer-web.fm.pdf

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