Book details of 'NFS Illustrated (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)'

Title	NFS Illustrated (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
Author(s)	Brent Callaghan
ISBN	0201325705
Language	English
Published	December 1999
Publisher	Addison-Wesley Pub Co

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
For simple network file and print services, the Network File System (NFS) protocol is a basic cross-platform utility. Frequently referenced in networking texts, NFS is often not covered in detail. This work makes good that shortfall. Chapter one provides a history, including a kind of family tree of previous protocols. External Data Representation (XDR), explained in chapter two, is the data format used by NFS. Open Network Computing (ONC) Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) are outlined in chapter three. Chapter four discusses the various levels available for RPC authentication. The file system model and file/path name considerations, are covered in chapter five. Chapters six and seven detail the functions of NFS 2 and 3 respectively. Common operations of implementations are dealt with in chapter eight. Chapter nine looks at the MOUNT protocol, chapter ten the Lock Manager, and chapter eleven automounting. Variants of NFS are reviewed in chapter twelve. Other distributed file systems are discussed in chapter thirteen, including AFS (Andrew File System), DCE/DFS (Distributed Computing Environment/Distributed File System), and SMB/CIFS (Server Message Block/Common Internet File System). PCNFS is covered in chapter fourteen. Chapter fifteen explains both the considerations in, and programs for, NFS benchmarking. WebNFS is a simplified version, outlined in chapter sixteen. The book closes in chapter seventeen with discussion of the Internet requirements for NFS 4, and the work going on in the Internet Engineering Task Force. Callaghan's text is not bad, but it isn't particularly readable, either. The illustrations are sometimes more puzzling than illuminating. Overall, the book has the necessary information, but it is demanding of the reader, and requires some application. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2000
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