NFS (Network File System)

Network file system is a protocol that allows individual users access to files on a network as though the files were on each user's own machine. Such distributed file systems are in wide use on TCP/IP networking environments.

This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than 200 companies and is now a de facto Internet standard.

URLs:

RFC 1094

NFS: Network File System Protocol specification. The original NFS protocol of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

RFC 1813

: NFS updated Version 3 Protocol Specification

W3E References:

AFS (Andrew File System)

Andrew File System is a newer alternative to the Network File System.