Many thanks for those thoughts. The consensus seems to be CIFS or NFS, v4 if possible. I've done CIFS previously and found it reasonably easy to set up. I've not done NFS so I'll need to play around with it to find the pitfalls.
I'm still not clear which is likely to run quickest which I suppose depends on the protocol overhead. Thanks All -Chris- On Sun, 30 Apr 2023, 06:03 Dr. Thorsten Brandau, <thorsten.bran...@brace.de> wrote: > > Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users schrieb am 30.04.23 um 01:04: > > On 4/29/23 16:33, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > I am about to set up a NAS on a local lan as a storage device. The NAS > offers CIFS, NFS, (S)FTP, WEBDAV as supported > protocols. The NAS OS is pretty much locked down so there isn't really an > option to install anything additional. I know that > CIFS and NFS can be locally mounted but wonder if these any of these other > options could be used and whether they might offer > faster backups. Security is not a big concern as it will be on the local > LAN only. > > Any advice/experience would be welcomed. > > Chris Wilkinson > > > > Hello Chris, > > If the NAS/SAN does not offer iSCSI, then go with NFS. > > I'd say save yourself the headaches associated with CIFS. :) > > > NFS is pretty fast, however, only NFS4 offers encryption on the share. > CIFS as a samba server should offer SMB3.2 with encryption per share on the > line, plus you probably can use the UNIX extensions. There are especially > with multiple users and more complex rights management less problems with > SAMBA/CIFS than with NFS. > > Also, using extensively links for example is a lot easier when you share > them via CIFS as they will be transparent. in NFS you would have to share > the full drive. > > Sharing the NFS drive as root makes more problem security wise than > shareing CIFS drives. > > Both will need planning and thinking before implementing. SFTP and WEBDAV > are no good options for permanent drive sharing. > > Cheers > > T > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
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