On Mar 28, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Harry Putnam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Christopher Chan <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Friday, March 28, 2014 08:27 PM, Peter J. Cherny wrote: >>> On 03/28/14 15:53, Richard Elling wrote: >>>> ... > > RichardE replied: >>>> The illumos in-kernel SMB server is by design and intent multithreaded. >>>> This provides the > best scalable performance on multiprocessors >>>> (another good thing). >>>> ... > > PeterC replied: >>> For those of us who serve files to lots of local Audio and Pix >>> workstations/playout-servers, >>> the Solaris CIFS server (and thence Illumos) is heaven-sent. >>> Add to that the AD and ZFS integration... Samba is not a player (pun). > > ChristopherC replied: >> samba can handle more use cases than cifs server. I would say that >> samba is absolutely a player and that cifs server a non-player in >> certain scenarios. > > Hope I got the citations right. > > AS OP I'd like to summarize my use case... which may make some > difference as to best choice for me. > > 1) small time operation... home lan > 2) Only 2-3 users might access over smb at once. Mostly it will be > only me. > 3) Running several different OS's on lan, win8 win7 linux (debian) and > openindiana. All may need access, but again usually one at a time. > > Maybe RichardE can give some guidance on this: When you speak of > in-kernel (illumos) smb server... is that something different than > other mentions in this thread of 'Solaris cifs server/? it is the same... the project always had problems with identity, long before Solaris^H^Hillumos got in the mix. You say "tomato," I say "'mater" :-) -- richard > > And (stemming from my confusion about what is 'oi' and what is > 'illumos') is the in-kernel server to be found on oi build 151_a8. > > I wonder if ChristopherC would mind further elucidating what kind of > scenarios smb/server might find itself short. > > And maybe PeterC could be more specific about the zfs integration. > Which operations are integrated or the like... Or do you mean in so > far as connections and handshakes in either direction are smooth and > trouble free? > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175743-23d1427b > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- [email protected] +1-760-896-4422 ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
