Network File system(NFS) Important Characteristics and Option

RPC – Remote Procedural Call
1) RPC is mainly used for NFS – Network File system.
2) It is inter-process communication.
3) It is used for maintain the remote-interaction (between Client & Server).
4) RPC is mainly used for NFS – Network File system.
5) Port map : Keep List of service running @ what PORT
6) To check rpc for NFS
#rcpinfo -p | grep nfs
How To Configure NFS Server
# rpcinfo -u localhost nfs
rpcinfo: RPC: Program not registered
program 100003 is not available

# rpcinfo -u localhost nfs
program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 4 ready and waiting

# rpcinfo -p localhost | grep nfs
    100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
    100003    3   udp   2049  nfs
    100003    4   udp   2049  nfs
    100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
    100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs
    100003    4   tcp   2049  nfs
Refer: http://computernetworkingnotes.com/network-administration/how-to-configure-nfs-server-in-rhel-6.html

For NFS and portmap.
https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s3-nfs-methodology-portmap-rpcinfo.html

NFS version are 2,3,4

1)NFS Performance Improvement
2)nfs v 2 – 8 kbs (Read/write) Size
3)nfs v 3 – 32 Kbs (Read/Write)Size

NFS OPTION
no_root_squash	Act as ROOT. Provide root privilege . Map privilege with root ID.
root_squash	Act as Anonymous(nfsnobody). Even it is Remote root user
all_squash	Act all user as Anonymous. Map all the user and group id as anonymous.
Sync	Response to the request. Depends on the disk writing – SLOW writing – Data secure.
Async	Not depending on the disk write – FAST Writing  - may lead to data loss NOTE: async it will give better performance(disk read & write).
atime/noatime	Update inode access time/ Don't update Inode access time
intr	Allow signal to interrupt the NFS calls.

NFS Sever Side Export Option

root_squash,all_squash,sync,async,rw
 

NFS client Side Mount Option

hard,soft,rsize,wsize,
rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime

#nfsstat	Check the NFS Status
#nfsstat –nfs –server -3	Show the nfs status version 3
#exportfs -o rw IP:/partition	Without adding /etc/export  . export the file system[ TEMPORARY PURPOSE]

Comparison between NFS and Samba

NFS	SAMBA – SMB ( Server Message Block )
1)  Maintain the authentication depends on client machine Network & Domain.	Maintain the authentication depends on User Name & Password.