Examining the Evolution of Network Storage
Years ago, local area networks would use special servers, called file servers, to support file sharing, file replication, and storage for large files. As shown in FIGURE 6-1, the file server was a server on the network with large disk capacity where users could store and retrieve files. Over time, operating systems, specifically the file system within the operating system, evolved to allow users and applications to open files directly on the file server.
FIGURE 6-1 Local area networks had one or more file servers that users could access across the network to store and retrieve files.
As computer networks ...
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