nfs or samba -- virtual USB

[marcelru]

It's a matter of taste, I guess. Most Sammys have native nfs support, so it saves you a lot of trouble on the client side. The server (if windows) probably takes more effort, I have no experience with it. A linux nfs service setup typically takes 5 minutes (edit the exports file and switch on the server).

Samba is not natively supported by Sammys, so you will need to set up the clients from scratch, kernel modules and all. Windows samba service setup is probably quite easy, not much effort needed there ( but I have no experience with that).

So, take your pick: Easy client setup or easy server setup (when the server is a windows box) For sammy (which is linux) to linux interaction the balance strongly tips to the nfs side.

HTH

marcelr

[marcelru]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[mattberlin]

Hi,

in general I find that seeking in mkv files is pretty poor with nfs.
But with samba die bandwith is too low. As a result of that I'm primarily using nfs whereas my samba shares are still mounted. On my Windows PC I installed hanewin nfs server.