SMB (Server Message Block) is a network protocol that is used to share access to files, printers and serial ports between a Linux or Unix computer and a Windows computer. NFS (Network File System) is ...

If you have two or more machines, you may wish to share disk space or devices, such as a CD drive, between machines. For this there is network filesystem (NFS), the easiest way of sharing files and ...

Here's the situation.<BR><BR>I have a linux box with a static IP address, connected in two seperate network configurations:<BR><BR>1. Connected to a gateway, with several other computers on a switch.

Anyone have experience with Windows-based NAS appliances and NFS? I'm looking at NAS solutions for a setup that will have 20 or so Linux servers pointing to an NFS share. Mainly web servers and a ...

If thinking of NFS v4 puts a bad taste in your mouth, you are not alone. Or wrong. NFS v4.0 and v4.1 have had some valid, well-documented growing pains that include limited bandwidth and scalability.