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CentOS / Redhat: Setup NFS v4.0 File Server

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 8, 2010

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol
originally developed by Sun Microsystems. It allows your users or
client compute to access files over a network. Linux and UNIX like
operating systems (including MS-Windows) can mount file system over
a network and work as they are mounted locally. This is perfect for
sharing files or centralized home directories.

“NFS version 4 provides the following benefits over NFSv3 or
earlier NFS versions:
Performance improvements
Mandates security and ACL
NFS v4 by default works over TCP s
Easy to setup firewall option “


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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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