Network File System


One of NFS’s design goals was that “Programs should not be able to tell whether a file is remote or local.” NFS achieved this goal goal for the most part, but is not perfect. Describe a scenario in which, even without server or network failure, a program accessing an NFS file system can experience an error or other bizarre artifact that can never happen on a local file system.


Submitting

Local Stanford students should write up their response on a sheet of paper that includes their name and SUNetID. The sheet of paper with the response should be submitted immediately before lecture.

SCPD students should write up their response in a text file named response.nfs.txt and upload it via the submission and grades page. You'll need to sign in with your SUNetID to access the page. Responses will be accepted until one week after the corresponding paper's lecture.

In either case, the response should be short, likely only a pithy paragraph in length.

Lecture

Mondays and Wednesdays
1:30pm - 2:50pm
Skilling 80

Questions

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David Mazières
Instructor
Gates 290
(415) 490-9451
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Friday 3:30pm-5:30pm

Sergio Benitez
Instructor
Gates 288
(650) 723-8777
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Monday 5pm-6pm
Wednesday 5pm-6pm

Matthew Volk
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Wednesday 6:15-8:15pm
Thursday 1:45-3:45pm
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