thousands of systems).
* Replication transparency: Clients should not have to be aware of the file replication performed across multiple servers to support scalability.
* Migration transparency: files should be able to move between different servers without the client's knowledge.

History

The Incompatible Timesharing System used virtual devices for transparent inter-machine file system access in the 1960s. More file servers were developed in the 1970s. In 1976,

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