Novell Storage Services
| Company type | File system |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software / Data storage |
| Founder | Novell |
| Products | 64-bit journaling file system |
Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a 64-bit journaling file system created by Novell specifically for the Novell NetWare network operating system. Since 2004, NSS has been compatible with SUSE Linux through the low-level NCPFS protocol, making it well-suited for shared storage volumes on file servers within local area network environments.
Utilizing a balanced B-tree structure for directories, NSS delivers strong scalability and a comprehensive set of enterprise storage features:
- Supports maximum sizes of 8 EB for files, partitions, devices, pools, and volumes
- Can handle up to 8 trillion files on a single volume
- Allows unlimited mounted volumes per server when all volumes use NSS
- Effectively no limit on the number of open files per server
- Permits unlimited volumes within a partition along with unlimited extended attributes and data streams
- Provides Unicode compatibility with multiple naming conventions: DOS, default Microsoft Windows Long names, Unix, and Apple Macintosh
- Includes advanced functions such as deleted file recovery (salvage), transparent compression, encrypted volume support, and secure data shredding
These attributes establish NSS as a robust, high-performance file system designed for enterprise-level network storage applications.