User Guide

Overview of Traditional File System 9
Traditional File Services Administration Guide
103-000180-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
1 Overview of Traditional File System
This chapter of the file system documentation explains key aspects of the
traditional NetWare
®
file system and contains the following topics:
 Volume (page 9)
 Directories (page 12)
 Optimizing Performance (page 14)
 Drive mapping (page 16)
 How NetWare Protects Network Data (page 17)
 “Security” on page 18
Information on volumes, directories, files, and other characteristics of the file
system is presented to give you background needed for the set-up, managerial,
and other procedures described elsewhere in file system documentation. For
instructions on setting up partitions and volumes, see Setting Up and
Configuring Novell Storage Services in the Novel Storage Services
Administrator Guide.
Volume
There are two types of volumes: traditional and logical. Traditional volumes
consist of a fixed amount of physical space on one or more hard disks. Logical
volumes can grow dynamically according the available physical space. This
document focuses on traditional volumes. For information about logical
volumes, see Create Logical Volumes in the Novel Storage Services
Administrator Guide.
A CD-ROM can also be mounted as a volume. See CD-ROMs As Logical
Vo l u m e s in the Novel Storage Services Administrator Guide.