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SMB, FTP, or NFS for NAS + server? (self.selfhosted)
submitted 1 month ago by tester1121 to c/selfhosted
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I am running a NAS that needs to connect to a server (the NAS isn't powerful enough). I also need to connect my NAS to a Windows, Mac, and Linux device (Linux being the most important, then Mac, then Windows). Out of SMB, FTP, and NFS, which one would be the best, quickest, and most secure for my situation? My NAS supports multiple sharing protocols, but I don't want to deal with mixed up permissions and conflicts later on.

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[–] mystik 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depending on your use cases and apps, file locking can be problematic when sharing across SMB and NFS simultaneously, their locking semantics are slightly different

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fair enough, I primarily use NFS for Linux to Linux sever communication and high file access.

Smb is mostly for moving files around occasionally

Not sure if trying to run a database over smb is a good idea but I do it on NFS all the time

Regardless it doesn't have to be exclusive. OP can change it up depending on the application