• Source: Novell Storage Services

Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a file system used by the Novell NetWare network operating system. Support for NSS was introduced in 2004 to SUSE Linux via low-level network NCPFS protocol. It has some unique features that make it especially useful for setting up shared volumes on a file server in a local area network.
NSS is a 64-bit journaling file system with a balanced tree algorithm for the directory structure. Its published specifications (as of NetWare 6.5) are:

Maximum file size: 8 EB
Maximum partition size: 8 EB
Maximum device size (Physical or Logical): 8 EB
Maximum pool size: 8 EB
Maximum volume size: 8 EB
Maximum files per volume: 8 trillion
Maximum mounted volumes per server: unlimited if all are NSS
Maximum open files per server: no practical limit
Maximum directory tree depth: limited only by client
Maximum volumes per partition: unlimited
Maximum extended attributes: no limit on number of attributes.
Maximum data streams: no limit on number of data streams.
Unicode characters supported by default
Support for different name spaces: DOS, Microsoft Windows Long names (loaded by default), Unix, Apple Macintosh
Support for restoring deleted files (salvage)
Support for transparent compression
Support for encrypted volumes
Support for data shredding




See also


NetWare File System (NWFS)
Comparison of file systems
List of file systems




External links


Article about NSS
Novell Storage Services - Features

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