NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System
Home This website gathers material related to the Sun Microsystems Network File System, a project that began in 1983 and remains a fundamental technology for today’s distributed computer systems. The occasion which prompted this project was the ~40th anniversary of NFS, celebrated in September 2025 at the MSST Conference in Santa Clara, CA. Tom Lyon, Brian Pawlowski, Rusty Sandberg, Joe Moran, Bob Lyon, Steve Kleiman, Ron Lachman. The core of the collection is design documents, white papers, engineering specifications, conference and journal papers, and standards material. However it also covers marketing materials, trade press, advertising, books, “swag”, and personal ephemera. We’re always looking for new contributions. We’ve organized the material in four sections: Source…
