NFS is a much more efficient protocol for serving network files compared to SMB.
I'd need a server module for NFS, not a client one. There are a couple of NFS server apps for Windows out there (FreeNFS and Hanewin) but people have had mixed results using them for my application. --------- Brian On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > Why do you need NFS? I'm just curious. > > From what I have read. if you are running Win7 Ultimate, there is a client > for NFS that you have to install, because it does not come pre-installed. > > http://answers.microsoft.com/**en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-** > networking/nfs-client-for-**windows-7/8e1d80e4-f601-4758-** > 9711-72c8b003e5c9<http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/nfs-client-for-windows-7/8e1d80e4-f601-4758-9711-72c8b003e5c9> > > http://www.blackviper.com/**windows-services/client-for-**nfs/<http://www.blackviper.com/windows-services/client-for-nfs/> > > > > On 3/4/2013 4:03 PM, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> Need some advice on OS for my media server. I've been using Win7 for a >> while, but need to move to something that supports NFS. From what I've >> read, Win7 doesn't and won't. >> >> While I'm aware of the *nix world out there that might be an option, >> nearly >> all of my experience is with Windows and given that I really don't have >> time to learn a new OS I will need to stick with Windows. >> >> With the demise of Windows Home Server, I think my options are Windows >> Server 2008 or the new Server 2012 Essentials. What are the pros/cons of >> each? >> >> My media server does triple duty: it hosts the 20 TB of files for network >> clients (using FlexRAID), it acts as a HTPC frontend for the downstairs >> theater (using XBMC), and it serves as a ripping/converting machine >> (through RDP access to a second client session). >> >> I guess another option would be to separate out the fileserver from the >> frontend/ripping duties, but that would involve some major system reconfig >> and additional hardware that I would really not prefer to do. >> >> --------- >> Brian >> >> >
