| S. NO |
Parameter |
NFSv3 |
NFSv4 |
| 1 |
State |
NFSv3 is a Stateless protocol |
NFSv4 is a Stateful protocol |
| 2 |
Export Mounting |
In NFSv3 all exports are mounted separately. |
In NFSv4 all exports are mounted together as a part of pseudo-file system. |
| 3 |
Protocols |
In NFSv3 there are numerous protocols for different operations are collected together such as MOUNT, STATUS .. |
NFSv4 comes with a single protocol with addition of OPEN and CLOSE for security auditing. |
| 4 |
No of operation / Per RPC call |
One operation per RPC ( Remote Procedure Call). |
Multiple operation per RPC ( Remote Procedure Call) |
| 5 |
Delegation |
No support of Delegation |
Support for Delegation |
| 6 |
POSIX support |
Only POSIX support |
Implementation of ACLs |
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