NCFS: Installation Steps

The following installation steps are based on Ubuntu.

1. Install FUSE and pkg-config

   sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev

   sudo apt-get install pkg-config

2. Download the NCFS source code.

3. Extract and make the NCFS.

   tar zxvf ncfs-1.0.0.tar.gz

   cd ncfs-1.0.0

   make

4. Setup NCFS.

   sudo ./setup.sh <number of nodes> <size of each node in MB>

   (Fast setup to create nodes on local loop devices)

   (Example: use "sudo ./setup.sh 4 1000" to create 4 nodes of 1000MB)

   OR

   Modify the raid_setting file manually according to the Guide of NCFS to use specific local or networked (by ATA-over-Ethernet or iSCSI)storage devices.

5. To mount NCFS at ./mountdir

   sudo ./ncfs rootdir mountdir

   (non-debug mode)

   OR

   sudo ./ncfs -d rootdir mountdir

   (debug mode)

6. To unmount ./mountdir

   sudo fusermount -u mountdir