On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
>
> I want to set up a network filesystem to share files between several
> linux systems (Debian & OpenWrt). Judging from what I see on the list
> and elsewhere, NFS stills seems to be the standard, but I am aware that
> newer options are available, e.g. Coda and OpenAFS. Since I don't need
> any legacy or non-linux support, should I try one of those, or just
> stick with NFS?
>
> I've seen this IBM paper:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-network-filesystems/
>
> this thread:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg91079.html
>
> and this:
>
> http://coda.wikidev.net/Small_file_performance
>
> but I am utterly new to network filesystems, and there isn't all that
> much to go on in the above. Recommendations?
>
I've not used Coda or OpenAFS yet as the last time I browsed the Linux
kernel, they were still marked as extremely experimental still. NFS is good
when going Linix <-> Linux (yes I know OpenWRT is Linux (so is ddwrt) but
why not use Samba? I have a LinkSYS WRT54G (v3.1 *I think*) and I use a
Samba Share that DD-WRT mounts for me at boot to provide extra storage on my
router. For my needs, it's fast enough, in all honesty, I don't notice any
performance impacts from doing this other then the router takes ~1-3s longer
to boot, but at 12mo intervals, that is perfectly acceptable in my mind.
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