The Network File System<\/em> (NFS, referring to the nfsd daemon, not the general overarching concept of network file systems) is handy when you need to access a large, centralized file store from one or more servers throughout your LAN.\u00a0 NFS over WAN would take more consideration and more in-depth investigate as to what your “lowest common denominator” would be (i.e. your weakest link may be beyond your control).<\/p>\n On a LAN, NFS works well.\u00a0 It’s responsive, easy to set up, and robust in a variety of environments.<\/p>\n The setup involves a client accesses the data made available by another machine, the server.<\/p>\n If I may borrow this well-written excerpt from this Wikipedia article<\/a>:<\/p>\n Note that automation of the NFS mounting process may take place \u2014 perhaps using A very helpful guide for NFS on CentOS 7 can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n How NFS is Implemented in the Linux Kernel <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Background The Network File System (NFS, referring to the nfsd daemon, not the general overarching concept of network file systems) is handy when you need to access a large, centralized file store from one or more servers throughout your LAN.\u00a0 NFS over WAN would take more consideration and more in-depth investigate as to what your…<\/span><\/p>\nOverview<\/h3>\n
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nfsd<\/code>, to make its data generically available to clients.<\/li>\n\/etc\/exports<\/code> configuration file and the exportfs<\/code> command.<\/li>\nmount<\/code> command. (The client asks the server (rpcbind) which port the NFS server is using, the client connects to the NFS server (nfsd), nfsd passes the request to mountd)<\/li>\n\/etc\/fstab<\/code> and\/or automounting<\/a> facilities.<\/p>\nQuick GuideS<\/h3>\n
CentOS 7<\/h4>\n
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