Goal

• Understand file system performance issues and NFS protocol.

Reading Assignments

• MOS 6.3.7, 10.6.3, and 10.6.4

Issues 

• What strategies do you want to use cache file data, i-nodes, indirect blocks, and directory files?
• What is the main difference between a file cache and a virtual memory?

• The textbook mentions that the NFS is stateless.  Please briefly say what makes NFS stateless and what is the main disadvantage of stateless.