SFS Basic Concepts
Before you start, understand the following SFS concepts.
NFS
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows different computers and OSs to share data over a network.
File System
A file system provides users with shared file storage through NFS. It is used for accessing network files remotely. After you create a file system on the console, you can mount the file system on multiple servers and access the file system from the servers through standard POSIX.
POSIX
Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a set of interrelated standards specified by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to define the APIs for software compatible with UNIX operating systems (OSs). POSIX is intended to achieve software portability at the source code level so that a program written for a POSIX compatible OS can be compiled and executed on any other POSIX OS.
