1 About NFS

NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system that lets a client system access files over a network as though the files were on local storage.

An NFS server can share directory hierarchies in its local file systems with remote client systems over an IP-based network. After an NFS server exports a directory, NFS clients with the appropriate permissions can mount this directory. To the client systems, the directory appears as if it's a local directory.

The benefits of using NFS include centralized storage provisioning, improved data consistency, and reliability.