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Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed.

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How to determine whether a directory is on an NFS mounted drive?

You could use df -t nfs <directory>, which will produce output like $ df /home/aland/ -t nfs Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on nfs_oscar:/home 1255425376 874128064 … 316496736 74% /home if directory belogs to NFS mount, and nothing otherwise: $ df /root/ -t nfs Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on Edit: simpler way: df -T <directory …
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faster way to mount a remote file system than sshfs?

Besides already proposed solutions of using Samba/NFS, which are perfectly valid, you could also achieve some speed boost sticking with sshfs by using quicker encryption (authentication would be as safe …
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