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Supported Versions of NFS

Two versions of NFS are available: version 2 (described in RFC 1094) and version 3 (described in RFC 1813).

Version 2 includes the following features and limitations:

Version 3 includes the following features and limitations:

NFS version 3 uses TCP as its network transport, if TCP is supported by both the client and the server. TCP has the advantage of being more reliable than UDP, but it must maintain state, so it may provide less performance in certain circumstances

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