NFS vs CIFS

[lowlander]

Hi,

we are considering configuring a NFS export as a mounted drive on a Windows host. After that configuring this host as a backup repository. Is this a valid configuration and supported ?

Any thoughts on CIFS vs the configuration described ?

thanks !

[PTide]

Hi,

Yes, it is valid and supported. May I ask you what machine are you going to use as NFS/CIFS server?

Thanks

[dellock6]

Uhm, I see issues in this design, as NFS on windows is only mounted in "userland", not as a system device, so without any prior login activity with the same account running Veeam repository, the mount will not be available. I remember testing this options in the past and I dropped the idea to mount nfs on windows for this reason. There are other tools available on the market that can mount nfs as a proper disk under system, but at that point why not using SMB if the storage system exposing nfs can also expose smb? Or even better, from a performance standpoint, expose the volume with iscsi and remove a lot of abstraction layers?

[lowlander]

I think you are right Luca, we will opt for CIFS being used instead of NFS.

thanks !