Preface

Oracle Linux 8: Managing Shared File Systems provides information about managing shared file systems in Oracle Linux 8.

A shared file system is a file system that lets several users access the same files across different OS or over a network at the same time. Using shared file systems can improve performance and scalability and reduce the time that administrators spend managing data.

Oracle Linux8 includes the Network File System, the Oracle Cluster File System Version 2, and Samba, each of which is covered in-depth in the following guides:

• Oracle Linux 8: Managing the Network File System

• Oracle Linux 8: Managing the Oracle Cluster File System Version 2

• Oracle Linux 8: Managing Samba

For information about managing local file systems in Oracle Linux, see Oracle Linux 8: Performing File System Administration.