12-29-2010
What type of Disk I/O takes place on a FileServer?
When you open a file on a fileserver from your client, what type of operation takes place on the server? I imagine the server's hard drive reads the file that the client has requested, and then makes it available somehow through the network share, is that accurate? Also what service on Unix/Linux is responsible for file sharing, and making shared files viewable to clients (Like windows browser service).
Basically, the file server needs to read the requested file and send it as packets to the client? Can someone give me more detail on this process without becoming too overly scientific?
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nns_common
nameserv::common(n) Name service facility nameserv::common(n)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
nameserv::common - Name service facility, shared definitions
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8
package require nameserv::common ?0.1?
::nameserv::common::port
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Please read Name service facility, introduction first.
This package is internal and of no interest to users. It provides the commands of the name service facility which are shared by the client
and server implemented by the packages nameserv::server and nameserv (the client).
This service is built in top of and for the package comm. It has nothing to do with the Internet's Domain Name System. If the reader is
looking for a package dealing with that please see Tcllib's packages dns and resolv.
API
The package exports a single command, as specified below:
::nameserv::common::port
The result returned by the command is the id of the default TCP/IP port a nameservice server will listen on, and a name service
client will try to connect to.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category nameserv
of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
either package and/or documentation.
SEE ALSO
nameserv::client(n), nameserv::server(n)
KEYWORDS
client, name service, server
CATEGORY
Networking
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
nns 0.1 nameserv::common(n)