[[PageOutline]] = Concept of Distributed = * DFS Classification (M, Satyanarayanan from the perspective of FS design & computing model can be classified into 4 levels) * Single user single process, example:IBM PC-DOS & Apale Macintosh * Single user multi-processes, example:OS/2 * Multi-users share data, example:Unix is the archetype of a timesharing FS * Multi-user physically dispersed in a network of autonomous computers share in the use of a common FS, example:Distributed FS = Reference = * [attachment:Satya_Survey.pdf M. Satyanarayanan, “A survey of distributed File System,” Department of computer Science carnegie mellon university, 1989]