7 Apr
2008
7 Apr
'08
11:11 a.m.
Andrew Back wrote:
I use NFS all over the place. I wouldn't be caught dead using SMBFS in
a production setting.
Peace... Sridhar
Chapter
14---I don't know anyone using NFS anymore (I think the last
time
I saw NFS in a commercial setting was the late 90s, and even at home, I
don't use NFS all that much). But replace NFS with Samba, and it's
spot on
(more or less).
I'd say it's use has if anything grown. Modern data centers often have
dedicated GigE NFS LANs. Good for consolidated storage and portability
useful in HA and virtualised platforms, but cheaper than SAN. And NAS
vendors such as NetApp have gone to great pains to get folks such as
Oracle to certify their technology in such configurations.