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Network block device

On Linux, network block device (NBD) is a network protocol that can be used to forward a block device (typically a hard disk or partition) from one machine to a second machine. As an example, a local machine can access a hard disk drive that is attached to another computer.

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Network block device

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Network block device → FreeBSD, In, Linux, Linux-compatible NBD, The, There

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device block linux network machine client userspace protocol access hard disk servers operating systems server program nbd used typically one

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Network block devicerelated to overviewThe0.60section
Network block devicerelated to overviewLinux0.60section
Network block devicerelated to overviewIn0.60section
Network block devicerelated to overviewThere0.60section
Network block devicerelated to overviewLinux-compatible NBD0.60section
Network block devicerelated to overviewFreeBSD0.60section

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