In a similar vein, Bell Labs developed the IL protocol in the 90's to facilitate better 9p performance on plan 9. It did not work well over the internet due to

In a similar vein, Bell Labs developed the IL protocol in the 90's to facilitate better 9p performance on plan 9. It did not work well over the internet due to latency but was beneficial on local networks. It was most useful for disk servers serving root fs to CPU servers and terminals/workstations. http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/il/ http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/il/ (edit: forgot to mention IL is still usable on plan 9)