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Certificate in Network File System

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Certificate in Network File System


About Network File System

The Certificate in Network File System (NFS) exam evaluates candidates' proficiency in designing, implementing, and managing Network File System solutions. This exam assesses participants' understanding of NFS concepts, configuration, security measures, and troubleshooting techniques.


Why is a Network File System important?

The following advantages of the NFS service:

  • Enables shared files to be used by various computers, allowing everyone on the network to access the same information.
  • By allowing computers to share programs rather than requiring local disk space for each user's own application, storage costs are reduced.


Who should take the Network File System Exam?

  • Cloud service Engineer
  • System design engineer
  • Those who have a background in the network system.


Network File System Certification Course Outline

  1. Introduction to Network File System (NFS)
  2. A Basic Distributed File System
  3. Key to Fast Crash Recovery: Statelessness
  4. The NFSv2 Protocol
  5. From Protocol to Distributed File System
  6. Setting and Configuring NFS Exports
  7. Exporting an NFS Share
  8. Describing Parallel Network File System (pNFS)
  9. Mounting and Using SMB Shares
  10. Using autofs with SMB Shares
  11. Handling Server Failure with Idempotent Operations
  12. Improving Performance: Client-side Caching
  13. The Cache Consistency Problem
  14. Implications on Server-Side Write Buffering

Certificate in Network File System FAQs

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

No there is no negative marking

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.