10 Distributed Filesystems

Distributed filesystems are designed to share files between separate machines via a network connection of some sort. Their design is significantly different than stored filesystems (see Stored Filesystems): they need to deal with the problems of network delays and failures, and may require complex authentication and replication protocols involving multiple file servers.


10.1 File Transfer Protocol

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10.1.1 ftpcp, ftpdir

10.1.2 ftpfs


10.1.3 FTP Connection Library

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10.2 Network File System

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10.2.1 nfsd

10.2.2 nfs