Samba vs NFS

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 18:12, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> 	I have a problem. I want to access a shared directory over a WAN link.
> 
> There are 2 methods available to me, NFS and Samba.
> 
> Problem is the Client is a Linux Box, and somehow the idea of using
> samba as a means to an end instead of NFS is a little bit weird (?).
> 
> But anyway, I tried both and it seems that I have more success using
> samba to mount the share rather than using NFS.
> 
> NFS always reports a time-out connecting the server. Yes, there is a
> 200ms lag in ping times to the server box (WAN link)
> 
> However, Samba seems to be able to handle it more gracefully than NFS.
> 
> Ideas?? Comments??
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samba/SMB uses UDP whereas NFS uses TCP - hence the issues of speed vs.
reliability. You could probably google the idea of using UDP instead of
TCP on NFS connections but myself, I would opt for reliability.

Craig