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including Server Message Block (SMB), Network File System (NFS), File
Transfer Protocol (FTP), and WebDAV. AFP currently supports Unicode file
names, POSIX and access control list permissions, resource forks, named
extended attributes, and advanced file locking. In Mac OS 9 and earlier, AFP
was the primary protocol for file services.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. FTP is a standard network protocol used to transfer
files from one host or to another host over a TCP-based network, such as
the Internet.
WebDAV
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning. WebDAV is an extension of the
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that facilitates collaboration between
users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide
Web servers.
Thin Provisioning Thin provisioning is the act of using virtualization technology to give the
appearance of having more physical resources than are actually available.
The term thin provisioning is applied to disk later in this article, but could
refer to an allocation scheme for any resource.
iSCSI Terminology
Item
Description
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface.
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol.
MPIO
Multi-Path Input/Output.
MC/S
Multiple Connections per Session
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit.
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. An optional security
mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI data
ports.
iSNS
Internet Storage Name Service.
