> I've been searching and trying to read up on this as > much as possible but I just can't find the answer... > > What benefit does CIFS provide over samba for home > users that really don't require any security and just > want a basic "file dump" server? > > (As you've no doubt seen my previous posts, all I > care about is setting up the fastest file server > possible to serve to my Windows machines). > > CIFS sounds nice but it's only available in Solaris > Express so I'm assuming it's only beta and still > experimental?
Correct it is still in express so shouldn't be considered prod ready...however last I heard Joyent were running of express so I wouldn't like to call it Beta quality. > Do I even need CIFS? Would it improve network file > performance or do anything else for me? Perhaps using Windows SFU on the windows client and connecting to an NFS share will be a little easier for you. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
