Network File Systems (2)
AFS - Andrew File System
- originally developed at Carnegie Mellon
- designed to provide reliable file services in distributed environment
- can be viewed as enhanced NFS
DFS - Distributed File System
- addresses better performance, replication, caching, security, locking
- designed around the client-server model
- cached File System
- it supports file system greater than 2GB
- conceptually, DFS is enhanced AFS