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Title: NFS vs SMB
Post by: JKwan on February 22, 2010, 08:20:33 AM

I am not familiar with either of the file system.  I think by default the 323 uses SAMBA (SMB?) file system.  So, is there advantage of running Network File System (NFS?).  I mean there were lots of conversation about NFS, so what is the real deal with NFS, is it that much better over SMB?  Also, are all the bugs been shaken out of NFS?  I downloaded the addon, installed it, but I had not activated it.  I figured that I should understand the topic more, before I venture into the "unknown".

Thanks.

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on February 22, 2010, 08:22:14 AM

If you're working with Windows machines, save some headaches and just use SMB, it's the standard for Windows. 

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: JKwan on February 22, 2010, 01:36:52 PM

OK.
Thanks for the advice.  I will stick with SMB

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: pkarlos_76 on September 25, 2010, 08:47:08 AM

does NFS work better for MACS?

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on September 25, 2010, 08:56:02 AM

Given that a number of people have issues with NFS for any environment with this box, I'd have to say that would not be likely. :)

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: irotjaf on September 25, 2010, 10:28:49 AM

Help my ignorance please. I've never understood this samba thing. Isn't the filesystem ext2 or ext3 what we use? Why people talk about samba and mamba :)

Title: Re: NFS vs SMB
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on September 25, 2010, 10:46:48 AM

SAMBA is Linux SMB protocol handler, and it's the standard file sharing mechanism for Windows based machines.  The underlying filesystem isn't germane to the discussion of how file information is transferred across the network.  NFS is simply a different file sharing protocol that is also supported if desired on Linux, Mac, and Windows, it's just not the default for Windows.