User Guide

10 Traditional File Services Administration Guide
Traditional File Services Administration Guide
103-000180-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
A NetWare server is divided into one or more volumes. The first network
volume is named SYS: and is created during NetWare installation. Using
ConsoleOne, you can create a new volume on any hard disk that has a
NetWare partition. A NetWare server supports up to 64 volumes.
NetWare volumes are subdivided in two ways:
 Physically. You divide volumes into volume segments; different
segments of a volume can be stored on one or more hard disks. For
information about volume segments, see “Understanding Volume
Segments” on page 11.
 Logically. You divide volumes into directories containing files or
subdirectories by network supervisors and users who have the appropriate
rights.
The file system is similar to and office filing system. This graphic illustrates
the file system architecture:
Understanding Mounting a Volume
When you boot the NetWare server, each volume is mounted, meaning that
 The volume becomes visible to the operating system
 The volume's FAT is loaded into memory
Each file block of data takes up one entry in the FAT.
NetWare server
Volumes
Directories
Subdirectories
File