[Samba] Is Samba useful in an all-Linux environment?

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Mon Aug 17 15:54:54 MDT 2009


On Monday 17 August 2009 15:55:34 John Drescher wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Eero Volotinen<eero.volotinen at iki.fi> wrote:
> > Steve Litt kirjoitti:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> This isn't meant to be a troll. It's a legitimate question asked because
> >> I haven't done much with Samba for 9 years.
> >>
> >> Is there anything Samba can contribute to an all-Linux environment with
> >> no Windows or Mac computers?
> >
> > Well, atleast it is more secure than nfsv3 ?
>
> That along with better performance and also better handling of
> disconnections are a couple of reasons to use samba/cifs over nfs3.

How about performance and security of Samba vs. NFS4 on an all Linux network?

Thanks

SteveT

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