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Mon Jan 02 07:42:47 2017 +0200 (2017-01-02) |
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1 Coda file system support (advanced network fs)
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3 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it enables you
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4 to mount file systems of a remote server and access them with regular Unix
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5 commands as if they were sitting on your hard disk. Coda has several advantages
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6 over NFS: support for disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write
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7 server replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
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8 persistent client caches and write back caching.
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10 If you use this module, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda *client*.
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11 You will need user level code as well, both for the client and server. Servers
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12 are currently user level, i.e. they need no kernel support. Please read Linux
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13 Kernel Documentation filesystems/coda.txt and check out the Coda home page
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14 <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
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