From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Klier Subject: Re: samba or nfs? Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:20:58 +0100 Message-ID: <200412161321.00501.martin.klier@atu.de> References: <200412161214.40240.fluca1978@katamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_s2XwBWOWNnRCRii"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200412161214.40240.fluca1978@katamail.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: Luca Ferrari Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org --Boundary-02=_s2XwBWOWNnRCRii Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi Luca, Luca Ferrari: > Hi, > in my factory we are sharing resources (files) among different linux > servers, even located in another site (i.e., using an adsl connection). > Which do you believe is the better sharing protocol (NFS/SAMBA) to mount > server resources? Actually we are using samba, due also to the fact that > the line speed was not very high and NFS seemed to have a few problem with > the speed. Now that the speed is higher, but the line has a few moment of > freeze, samba seems to be inadequate. Any opinion? > > Thanks, > Luca I'd always prefer NFS due to native support of Linux and the little config= =20 effort. But NFS might be critical in case of security issues, it has no=20 valuable security features.=20 But before you posted your query, I'd have always said that SAMBA is the=20 slower option. How did you recognize the NFS problems? Just for interest... Have fun, =2D-=20 Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen Martin Klier PC-Benutzerunterst=FCtzung / Linux-Server Asset Management A.T.U - Auto-Teile-Unger Dr.-Kilian-Stra=DFe 11 92637 Weiden Telefon: (0961) 306-5663 Telefax: (0961) 306-9345663 Internet: www.atu.de --Boundary-02=_s2XwBWOWNnRCRii Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBwX2sVKZfihvnEcQRApGJAKDPQiSIvaBHtf/+UG+l97lxsian+QCeM8VD zfsPsw9pkQGetocDTr2rRIg= =CIj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_s2XwBWOWNnRCRii--