On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:49:54AM +1200, Craig FALCONER wrote: > Ideally, you get a `nix box running on your lan, use XFS or JFS or even some > sort of ReiserFS partition, then install samba and share to the windows > boxes, and install nfs and share to unix machines. Win Win all round.
The Samba team are very bullish about the unix extensions they've added; with which it's possible to use samba for unix-to-unix sharing properly, thus avoiding NFS completely. NFS4 has some interesting strategies to improve performance, especially with write delegation; the downside is that you must not write to files that are exported by NFS if this feature is being used, or you run a good chance of corrupting them. For many years I've baulked at installing NFS in a green field, and have tried to find other strategies where it is present, or left the whole issue as SEP -- Somebody Else's Problem. -jim
