Network File System (NFS) allows users to access and share files located on remote computers. It builds on ONC RPC and has evolved through several versions. NFS uses a client-server model where the client makes RPC requests to access files on the NFS server's file system. This allows for flexible sharing of resources but introduces some security and performance disadvantages compared to a local file system. Overall NFS is a widely used distributed file system protocol.

1. Network File SystemNetwork File System
(NFS)(NFS)
Submitted To:Submitted To: Rachana KamaliyaRachana Kamaliya
PPresented Byresented By: Krupa Shingala: Krupa Shingala

2. Index
What is File System?
What is Network File System?
Version of NFS
NFS Architecture
Advantages of NFS
Disadvantages of NFS
Conclusion
References

3. What is File System?
• A file system is a hierarchical structure (file tree) of
files and directories.
• This file tree uses directories to organize data and
programs into groups, allowing the management of
several directories and files at one time.
• Some tasks are performed more efficiently on a file
system than on each directory within the file
system.

4. What is Network File System?What is Network File System?
• NFS developed by SUN Microsystems for use on its
UNIX-based workstations.
• A distributed file system
• Allows users to access files and directories located
on remote computers
• But, data potentially stored on another machine.
• NFS builds on the Open Network Computing
Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC) system

5. Continue…Continue…
Mechanism for storing files on a network.
Allows users to ‘Share’ a directory.
NFS most commonly used with UNIX systems.
Other software platforms:
-Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, etc.
Major Goals:
-simple crash recovery
-reasonable performance :80% of a local drive

6. Versions and Variations
Version 1 and Version 2
V1 Sun used only for in-house experimental
purposes
Did not release it to the public
V2 of the protocol originally operated entirely
over UDP and was meant to keep the protocol
stateless, with locking (for example)
implemented outside of the core protocol.
Both suffered from performance problems
Both suffered from security problems
security dependant upon IP address

7. Version 3
NFS v3 can operate across TCP as well as
UDP
Support for asynchronous writes on the server
Obtains multiple file name, handles and
attributes
Support for 64-bit file sizes and offsets
Handle files larger than 4 gigabytes (GB)
Improves performance, and allowed it to work
more reliably across the Internet

8. Version 4
Currently version 2 and version 3
protocols are in use with version 4 under
consideration for a standard
includes more performance
improvements
Mandates strong security
introduces a stateful protocol
developed with the IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force)

9. File
System
File
System
NFS Client
NFS Client
Network NFS Server File
System
NFS Architecture

11. RPC request Action
CREATE Creates (or truncates) a file in the directory
LINK Creates a hard link
LOOKUP Looks up a file in the directory
MKDIR Makes a directory
READADDR Reads the contents of a directory
REMOVE Removes a file in the directory
RENAME Renames a file in the directory
RMDIR Removes a directory
SYMLINK Creates a symbolic link
NFS Protocol

12. RPC request Action
GETATTR Get file attribute
SETATTR Set file attribute
LOOKUP File name search
ACCESS Check access
READ Read file
WRITE Write to the file
CREATE Create file
REMOVE Remove file
RENAME Rename file

13. stateless server and client
server can be rebooted and user on client
might be unaware of the reboot
client/server distinction occurs at the
application/user level not the system level
highly flexible, so we need to be disciplined
in our administration/configuration
Advantages

14. Disadvantage
uses RPC authentication
easily spoofed
filesystem data is transmitted in cleartext
Data could be copied
Network slower than local disk
Complexity, Security issues.

15. Conclusion
New technologies open up new
possibilities for network file systems
Cost of increased traffic over Ethernet
may cause problems for xFS,
cooperative caching.

16. References
www.compnetworking.com
www.internetslang.com
www.linux.com