SFS Turbo Basic Concepts

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 the 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 application programming interface (API) for software compatible with the UNIX operating system (OS). 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.

NFS

Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows different computers and OSs to share data over a network.

You are advised to use NFS file systems with Linux servers.

SMB

Server Message Block (SMB) is a protocol used for network file access. Using SMB, network files can be shared between Windows hosts. SMB enables Windows clients to identify and access shared resources provided by the file system. Through SMB, clients can quickly read, write, and create files in the file system the same way as on local PCs.

SMB file systems cannot be mounted to Linux servers.

You are advised to use SMB file systems with Windows servers.