Re: NFS alternative
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 07:26:21PM -0700, Francois Gouget wrote:
> I don't know of a reference book that would be specifically about NFS
> but you can have a look at "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD
> Operating System" by McKusik, Bostic, Karels and Quarterman. Chapter 9
> (about 25 pages) is about NFS and should give you a feel for it. And the
> book as a whole is just awsome. Definitely a must have if you're
> interested in operating system design.
Definitely a must if you want to understand unix in general. There is
also a video set to go with the book, hosted by McKusick, in which he
says about NFS that it really should mean "no filesystem semantics".
There are more cute anecdotes in it, like the one where McKusick expresses
his regret about not having sided more strongly with Richard Stallman,
when he proposed POSIX_ME_HARDER as the name for the variable that ended
up with the name POSIXLY_CORRECT.
Cheers,
Joost
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