Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a

file system In computing, file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to fs) is a method and data structure that the operating system uses to control how data is stored and retrieved. Without a file system, data placed in a storage medium would be one larg ...

used by the

Novell NetWare NetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol. The original NetWare product in ...

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 computing, a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. storage of computer files (such as text, image, sound, video) that can be accessed by the workstations that are ab ...

in a

local area network A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a large ...

. NSS is a 64-bit

journaling file system A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of changes not yet committed to the file system's main part by recording the goal of such changes in a data structure known as a " journal", which is usually a circular log. In the even ...

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 Extended file attributes are file system features that enable users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem (such as permissions or ...

: no limit on number of attributes. * Maximum data streams: no limit on number of data streams. *

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characters supported by default * Support for different name spaces:

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Microsoft Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for ...

Long names (loaded by default),

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* Support for restoring deleted files (salvage) * Support for transparent compression * Support for

encrypted In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can deci ...

volumes * Support for data shredding

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* {{File systems Compression file systems Disk file systems Novell NetWare

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