[Malvern] NFS or Samba ?

[Ian Pascoe]

Hi Geoff

To coin a phrase, it all depends ....

What do you want the file server to serve?

Do you want the server to hold the equivilant of the /home directory for
each of your current PCs, or just to hold files that are convieniently
grabbed from one place without having to move them by other means?

Do you want it to do other stuff apart from a file server - collect e-mails
for example?

Put your thunking cap on, and see what you'd like it to do, and don't worry
about letting your imagination runing away with you, as someone somewhere
has probably already done it!

But to answer your question, NFS is a good building block to start off with
before moving into / onto the more eccentric  file systems.

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Geoff Bagley
Sent: 28 January 2008 17:13
To: Malvern LUG
Subject: [Malvern] NFS or Samba ?


I am looking into the idea of a separate file-server on my LAN.

Since I have no Windows stuff,  there is no need for Windows
compatibility, which,
as I understand it,  means that I don't have  to use Samba.

What is the balance of advantages/disadvantages of using  a) Samba  b)
NFS  ?

Many thanks.
Hope to see you Tuesday week  at GMH.

Geoff

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