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AFP, SMB, NFS which is the best data transfer protocol?

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I have a computer with large hard disks running Gentoo. I have to serve med/big files via a wired network to Apple devices (all of them running OS X). Which protocol is the best for the following needs ? : Speed Ease of use (by the clients and the server) Less limited (max file size, limited charse…

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You should find this article interesting: iSCSI, AFP, SMB, and NFS performance with Mac OS X 10.5.5 clients. It shows these test results: (in seconds) iSCSI 134.267530 AFP 140.285572 SMB 159.061026 NFSv3 (w/o tuning) 477.432503 NFSv3 (w/tuning) 293.…

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