2.3 Environment

The following sections identify the context in which the system exists. This includes the systems that use the interfaces provided by this system of protocols, other systems that depend on this system, and, as appropriate, how components of the system communicate.

The File Access Services protocol components are typically installed in a distributed environment. The diagram that follows depicts a basic deployment of File Access Services protocol components in a distributed environment consisting of two computers.

File Access Services System distributed environment with two computers

Figure 3: File Access Services System distributed environment with two computers

An application that accesses a file on the file service runs on a file client computer. The file server computer hosts the SMB Service, NFS Service, WebDAV Service, and the DFS Service.

The following diagram depicts a deployment of File Access Services protocol components in a distributed environment consisting of five computers.

File Access Services System distributed environment with five computers

Figure 4: File Access Services System distributed environment with five computers