Chapter 1 Introduction
A key feature of HP’s CIFS/9000 product is file server consolidation on a UNIX
platform with transparent shared file access between Windows and UNIX clients. A major challenge of shared file access is providing secure, fast access for Windows, UNIX, and mixed client environments. File access security is implemented using file locking schemes typically executed at the file system level and/or application level, but while Windows provides a comprehensive locking model, UNIX and NFS only provide an advisory locking model. The significant differences of the platform locking models results in integration opportunities and issues for CIFS/9000, and these must be clearly identified and addressed for CIFS/9000 potential installations.
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