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Samba vs. NFS: Performance

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I've got a choice of setting up Samba or NFS on my Linux based NAS ( nslu2 running OpenDebian ). Does anyone have performance related stories comparing the two options ? Are there tuneup tricks that improve transfer speeds for one or the other ? What options do I have in terms of toolkits/test suit…

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Hello fellow NSLU2 user. I would definitely go for NFS, unless there were some compelling reasons (namely Windows machines). NFS is more light-weight and faster. As for the NSLU2 side, you will find that tweaking the NFS options and choosing the rig…

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