Network File System (NFS) is a client/server system that enables users to access files across a network and treat them as though they are in a local file directory. An NFS server provides remote clients with access to its files by exporting the files that are mounted by the remote client and made available to the operating system and the user.
NFS is a great way to allow a system to share directories and files with other systems over a network. It enables users to access files on remote systems almost as though they were local files. Some of the advantages of NFS are as follows:
Disk space usage on local machines is reduced considerably by storing most of the commonly used and accessed data on a single machine accessible to others over the network.
Home directories for individual users on a system could be set up and stored on a remote NFS server and made available throughout the network.
Storage devices can be set up on a remote NFS server. Furthermore, access provided to the devices...