On Oct 27 15:28:37, James A. Peltier wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > | James A. Peltier wrote: > | > | > Now, that said, is there anything that you could recommend instead > | > of NFSv4 for offering secure file services to multiple platforms? > | > | Apache with SSL may be a solution. I've used it on small scale > | projects. > | You can auth users against LDAP, AD, etc. Should work with any client > | that has a SSL capable web browser/client of some sort. It's very > | portable, file system and client agnostic. > | > | The one downside (IMO) is that the clients won't see it as a native > | file > | system mount, but there are interfaces available and you can always > | write your own or customize one to fit your needs. > | > | Your own little dropbox-ish solution. > | > | Brad > > I deal with research data. Most of which are tens to hundreds of gigabytes in > size, so it's not a solution for me, but we did evaluate that for some > smaller scale uses. > > Our users are used to typing cd /cs/<some lab> and having their files be > available to them. They are used to seeing the same files in the UNIX home > as is in their Windows or Mac shares. This better describes what I mean by > transparent. >
OK. So what exactly does NFSv4 do for you in this situation that NFSv3 did not? Also, exactly which NFS client (v3, v4) are you using on Windows?
