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Documentation: nbd: Reformat to allow more documentation
Reformat the existing documentation to have more structure. This allows for more documentation seperated from the existing paragraphs. Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
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Network Block Device (TCP version) | ||
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What is it: With this compiled in the kernel (or as a module), Linux | ||
can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time | ||
the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a | ||
request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read. | ||
This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless) | ||
to borrow disk space from another computer. | ||
Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. | ||
Network Block Device (TCP version) | ||
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For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server | ||
tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. | ||
1) Overview | ||
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The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client | ||
system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact, | ||
the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating | ||
systems, including Windows. | ||
What is it: With this compiled in the kernel (or as a module), Linux | ||
can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time | ||
the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a | ||
request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read. | ||
This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless) | ||
to borrow disk space from another computer. | ||
Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. | ||
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For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server | ||
tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. | ||
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The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client | ||
system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact, | ||
the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating | ||
systems, including Windows. |