[Gllug] Combining SMB and NFS - was Embedded Linux & 1Gbps?

Anthony Newman anthony.newman at ossified.net
Wed Oct 17 11:00:12 UTC 2007


Matthew King wrote:
> 
> NFS sucks. Unfortunately it just happens to suck less than anything else
> I've used.
> 
<snip>
> 
> On which note - is anyone aware of anything which is better than NFS,
> for varying values of 'better'?


What is the problem with it? It works for me for remote file access, and 
it even manages rudimentary locking if you need it to. I (amongst 
others) run a load of platforms at work that operate on terabytes of 
storage via NFS for email and web hosting and it never misses a beat :)
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