[kwlug-disc] NAS -- what protocol?

[Chris Irwin]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 03:22:55PM -0500, Jason Eckert wrote:
>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).

My NAS is running TrueNAS, so I have a number of supported share 
methods.

* If my single Windows machine needs it, then it's a samba share.

* If my Linux Servers (xcp-ng) or VMs (...many) need it, then it's an 
   nfs export.

* From my main workstation, I just use sftp using following URL 
   method in nautilus (sftp://hostname/path/to/folder), since I have ssh 
   keys already set up. It fails nicely (disconnect), and I have the 
   common ones saved as a bookmark in Nautilus.

NFS kinda sucks for non-hardwired things like laptops, as the default 
failure mode (like wifi drops) will just hang processes looking for 
files in a permanantly unkillable state (this may be desireable in 
certain situations, but not on my laptop). You can change this 
behaviour, but you can also just use something that better fits your 
use-case...


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