Performance differences between NFS & SMB. Since SMB is supported by Windows, many company and home networks use it by default. I will show you a basic benchmark based on read and write operations with both protocols.
Environment. The NAS device will be the target for read and write operations. It has a hard disk with a transfer rate of around 1. MB/s. All devices are connected over LAN. The NAS device is linked to Fritz. Box with 1. 00. 0 Mbit/s. The bit rate between PC and Fritz. Box is set to 1. 00 Mbit/s.
Configuration. I have decided to use NFSv. SMBv. 2 with large MTU. An important difference between both protocols is the way they authenticate. NFS uses the host- based authentication system. This means that every user on an authenticated machine can access a specific share. However SMB provides a user- based authentication. Since NFSv. 4 it’s possible to use a Kerberos server, which extends the authentication system.
Enabling NFS and SMB in a Synology NAS (DSM) is done with a few clicks. As you can see below I have restricted read and write access to the network segment 1. You might split your network segment into two regions.
Here is a video I created to show the difference in speed when. SMB (Samba) Vs NFS XBMC File Transfer Test In Openelec. Virtual FreeNAS + iSCSI vs. NFS: performance testing results.
- Re: NFS vs Samba vs SFTP.
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- Multi-protocol (SMB -NFS) Access Test Suite. SMB Lease vs NFS4 delegation and vice versa. XML input contains the actual SMB/NFS.
- Bechmarks: SSH vs FTP vs CIFS vs NFS vs Samba. I too was a bit surprised to see NFS taking up more. I even ran the test a few.
- NFS or FTP for file transfer. NFS, while very useful.
- Best way to share files - Samba or SSH? You can also use Samba to share files between Linux computers. There is a more native method called NFS.
SMB vs NFS authentication. User vs Machine vs Share Authentication. SMB/CIFS bases access on user. SMB and NFS are both merely merely transport protocols for.
The upper hosts might get read access whereas the lower hosts might get additionally write access. Just play around and find the configuration which meets your requirements. Network share access with Linux. In order to mount network shares you need to install the packages cifs- utils and nfs- common.
Create folders inside /mnt (e. With the following commands you will mount an SMB share into /mnt/smb and an NFS share into /mnt/nfs. For testing purposes manually mounting is enough. Later on you can replace this step with an entry inside /etc/fstab to mount your shares during startup. IP- OF- YOUR- NAS/NAME- OF- SHARE /mnt/smb/ - o user=Your.
User. Namesudo mount IP- OF- YOUR- NAS: /NAME- OF- SHARE/ /mnt/nfs. Network share access with Windows. The SMB share can be mounted without any additional Software.
The line below mounts the SMB share to drive X: \net use X: \\IP- OF- YOUR- NAS\NAME- OF- SHARE /USER: Your. User. Name. If you own a Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise license, you can turn on Services- for- NFS inside Windows- Features. Others need 3rd- party software to access NFS shares. To be honest, accessing NFS is horrible if you don’t own the correct windows license. It’s not as easy as in Linux or Mac OS!
A solution, which is offered by the University of Michigan is only usable in TESTMODE. The provided driver is not digitally signed! NFS vs SMB – Benchmark. Every test was repeated three times.
The results were rounded up or down. Write operations. Files. NFS (write)SMB (write)NFS avg. SMB avg. 1. 0 Ki. B (6. 99. 8 files)3. Mi. B (2. 40 files)2. Mi. B (1 file)4. 6s.
Gi. B (1 file)3. 23s. Write example: (time cp - f ~/tmp/test/1. KB/* /mnt/smb/test/1. KB/) & & (rm - f /mnt/smb/test/1. KB/*) After each read test the local cache must be cleared.
Otherwise the measurement will be wrong. Read operations. Files. NFS (read)SMB (read)NFS avg. SMB avg. 1. 0 Ki.
B (6. 99. 8 files)2. Mi. B (2. 40 files)2.
Mi. B (1 file)4. 5s. Gi. B (1 file)3. 23s. Read example: (time cp - f /mnt/nfs/test/1. MB/* ~/tmp/test/1. MB/) & & (rm ~/tmp/test/1. MB/* & & sudo sh - c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop.
If the files are large enough the timings of both methods get closer to each other. Linux and Mac OS owners should use NFS instead of SMB. Sadly most Windows users are forced to use SMB.
NFS vs SMB vs FTP vs SSH speed test results@larsar. G: \movies in my laptop)laptop is 1. G: \movies 1. 92. Live - -- -- -- > xmount 1. I've done the setup virtually identical to above, but get this when trying xmount: # xmount 1. Movies Movies nfsmkdir: cannot create directory '/tmp/media/usb/Movies': Stale NFS file handlemount: mounting 1.
Movies on /tmp/media/usb/Movies failed: Device or resource busyrmdir: '/tmp/media/usb/Movies': Device or resource busy. Any ideas? The drive is e. Sata attached to the PC, and I've tried USB as well, no go.