Is there a NFS alternative?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Feb 7 21:08:59 UTC 2007


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.

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