NFS vs SMB
Lyvim Xaphir
knightmerc at yahoo.com
Fri May 12 00:08:23 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 00:13 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 18:28 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 12:37 +0100, Dan Track wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Could someone please highlight the pros and cons of using nfs over smb.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Dan
> > >
> >
> > I understand that samba is a little more secure than NFS. But if you
> > really want an easy solution, try fuse-sshfs:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/extras/4/i386/repodata/repoview/fuse-
> > sshfs-0-1.2-3.fc4.html
> >
> > It's implemented in user space and is as easy as a login. Your UID's do
> > not need to be the same on other machines, like with NFS. You just need
> > a login, and then you can mount the directory(s). There's no messing
> > around with root controlled files as in NFS/Samba. The implementation
> > is fast, easy, and I think it's more secure than either NFS or Samba.
> >
> > LX
> > --
>
> Both FUSE and especially SSH add huge amount of over-head.
> Unless there's a specific reason that dictates the need for extra
> security and encryption (Sharing files over the Internet and/or insecure
> network), I'd advise against using SSHFS.
>
> Gilboa
>
I think you can throttle back the encryption level, which would
effectively reduce/remove any overhead you are referring to, if you are
on a local subnet.
LX
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