Is there a NFS alternative?

nodata lsof at nodata.co.uk
Wed Feb 7 21:53:52 UTC 2007


Am Mittwoch, den 07.02.2007, 16:08 -0500 schrieb Matthew Miller:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:27:37PM -0800, Daniel Yek wrote:
> > I really needed an alternative that works and can be made secure. Is GFS a 
> > suitable replacement for NFS? If not, what is the closest thing to NFS?
> 
> 
> The only thing GFS shares with NFS is the letters "F" and "S". It is
> otherwise an entirely different thing.
> 
> The closest thing to what you want is NFSv4 with Kerberos.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org          <http://mattdm.org/>
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> 

and perhaps -o tcp with udp firewalled?




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