Sun Microsystems NFS at 40: Historical Collection of Network File System Documentation
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Summary
This article describes a website collection commemorating the 40th anniversary of Sun Microsystems' Network File System (NFS), which began development in 1983. The collection includes design documents, white papers, engineering specifications, conference papers, and standards material related to NFS, a fundamental distributed file system technology that remains relevant today. The project was prompted by the 40th anniversary celebration scheduled for September 2025 at the MSST Conference in Santa Clara, CA.
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The occasion which prompted this project was the ~40th anniversary of NFS, celebrated in September 2025 at the MSST Conference in Santa Clara, CA.
The core of the collection is design documents, white papers, engineering specifications, conference and journal papers, and standards material.
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