Title :
An overview of the Internet File System
Author :
Rao, Herman Chung-hwa ; Chen, Ming-Feng ; Wang, Feng-Jian
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Florham Park, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The Internet File System (IFS) extends the scope of file systems from LANs to the Internet, encouraging collaboration and information dissemination on a much broader scale. In addition, Internet resources (e.g. Web pages, Gopher Information, and Network News) become files in IFS, allowing file system APIs and existing tools and commands to be used to manipulate Internet resources just like conventional files. IFS is unique in that it introduces a logical layer between applications and operating systems, and integrates widely-used protocols like FTP, HTTP, GOPHER, NNTP, RSH in this layer. The system is transparent to applications and operating systems, and requires no modification of software nor change in management of Internet file servers. A prototype of IFS is currently running on Sun OS 4.1, Solaris, HP-UX, SVR4, SGI MIPS, and Linux
Keywords :
Internet; file servers; groupware; information dissemination; network operating systems; protocols; APIs; HP-UX; Internet File System; Internet file servers; Internet resources; Linux; SGI MIPS; SVR4; Solaris; Sun OS 4.1; applications; collaboration; commands; information dissemination; operating systems; protocols; tools; Application software; Collaboration; File servers; File systems; IP networks; Internet; Operating systems; Protocols; Software prototyping; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1997. COMPSAC '97. Proceedings., The Twenty-First Annual International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8105-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.1997.625047