[kwlug-disc] NAS -- what protocol?

[Mikalai Birukou]

> I only run SSHFS (=NFS-like SSH using FUSE).
> It's installed by default on many Linux distributions (e.g., Fedora) and transfers faster than SMB, about as fast as NFS, but a tad slower than SFTP (e.g., with vsftpd).

I have SSH, hence SFTP, and watch over 1Gb network, in VLC, DVD folders, and video files like mp4 and webm from sftp folder that is a bookmarked folder in Nemo (Linux Mint file browsing app). It was zero install beyond ssh.

>> To those running NAS,
>>
>> I'm thinking about turning my current i3-4170 desktop into NAS.
>>
>> What protocols do you use?
>> Do you run both "NFS" and "SMB" on it? Or, just "SMB"?
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