SMB, FTP, or NFS for NAS + server?

Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 31 points – 4 months ago

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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SMB works fine on everything. Whatever NAS they are running will be using the same Samba implementation anyway.

I've found SMB to more frequently have connection issues with my Linux clients, and often be slower. It'll work, but if you're mainly supporting Linux clients, might as well set up NFS if you like toying with things anyways

Same here, SMB was significantly slower in our organization than NFS.

Because SMB is slower than NFS. OP isn't concerned about that, but rather ease of use, and persisting perms and ownership.

Fair enough, i thought it should be noted. The difference was significant at times.