NFS provides location transparence since one cannot determine the server hosting the file from its name.(One could however view the mount-tables to determine the file server from which the corresponding file system is mounted,but the file server is not hardcoded in the name of the file.)NFS does not provide location independence since files can not be moved automatically between d ifferent file systems.AFS provides location transparence and location independence.
NFS provides location transparence since one cannot determine the server hosting the file from its name.(One could however view the mount-tables to determine the file server from which the corresponding file system is mounted,but the file server is not hardcoded in the name of the file.)NFS does not provide location independence since files can not be moved automatically between d ifferent file systems.AFS provides location transparence and location independence.