Plan 9 works like this. A file server that serves disk file systems (CWFS on 9fornt) can be made to listen for tcp/il connections as well as the ability to serv

Plan 9 works like this. A file server that serves disk file systems (CWFS on 9fornt) can be made to listen for tcp/il connections as well as the ability to serve parts of a file system or namespace using exportfs (a file server itself).