XDA Developers on MSN

I stopped using SMB and switched to NFS for my NAS

But both are worth considering.
XDA Developers on MSN

I don't use SMB for everything like I used to - here's why

It's still a solid file-sharing protocol, though ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Mount SMB or NFS Shares With Ubuntu

SMB (Server Message Block) is a network protocol that is used to share access to files, printers and serial ports between a Linux or Unix computer and a Windows computer. NFS (Network File System) is ...
Ars Technica

NFS and CIFS/SMB on the same filesystem?

For years we have used Sun Solaris servers sharing filesytems (/home etc) via NFS to other Unix servers and Samba to users' desktops. This has worked extremely well but our primary file server is due ...
Virtualization Review

How To Use Linux for an ESXi NFS Server

Tom Fenton explains which Linux distribution to use, how to set up a Network File Share (NFS) server on Linux and connect ESXi to NFS. In a previous article, "How To Set Up an NFS Server on Windows ...