Hi, Why should some one pay good money to buy CIFFS license from NetApp when apparently the similar functionality is available "free", Samba? I am hoping folks out there, with experience in both products would be willing to share their knowledge as much their internal policy allows. I am specifically looking for pros and cons with respect to (a) performance (what ever than means) (b) scalibility (500+ users) (c) reliability (d) functionality (e) coexistence with Windows Terminal Server (f) 'cost' (not just dollars) (g) administration (h) interaction or lack of it with commercial apps ...any thing else ?? Perhaps this list is biased to CIFFS, by definition of the mailing list. But I have seen folks willing to speak out in the past. [BTW, please don't shoot the messenger:-)] Thanks.
Philip Thomas Motorola - DDL-ITG, M/S M360 2200 W. Broadway Rd Mesa, AZ 85202 rxjs80@email.sps.mot.com (480) 655-3678 (480) 655-3881 (fax)
WAFL and snapshot are probably the biggest reasons.
* James A. Klun Sterling Commerce 4600 Lakehurst Ct. Dublin, Oh 43016 * * jklun@stercomm.com 614-793-7183 voice 614-793-7092 fax * * ---- "very like a whale" ---- * * ---- Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 ---- *
WAFL and snapshot are probably the biggest reasons.
- James A. Klun Sterling Commerce 4600 Lakehurst Ct. Dublin, Oh 43016 *
- jklun@stercomm.com 614-793-7183 voice 614-793-7092 fax *
---- "very like a whale" ---- *---- Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 ---- *
I think that for a majority of the folks who purchase the filer it is primarily because it outperforms just about every other machine on the market. Some other attributes that make it appealing are: 1) ease of administration 2) the disk susbsystem uses raid which makes it very resilient to a hard drive failure
Mike Smith
Philip,
We use both together... I think that for simplicity, you should get the NetApp license and use it... We use Samba as an helper application for handling soft-links, which we own a lot... NetApp can handle soft-links also, but of course not to outside machines....
Use NetApp's CIFS while you can - it will be faster (I don't have numbers), and one less link to fix.
Eyal.
Philip Thomas wrote:
Hi, Why should some one pay good money to buy CIFFS license from NetApp when apparently the similar functionality is available "free", Samba? I am hoping folks out there, with experience in both products would be willing to share their knowledge as much their internal policy allows. I am specifically looking for pros and cons with respect to (a) performance (what ever than means) (b) scalibility (500+ users) (c) reliability (d) functionality (e) coexistence with Windows Terminal Server (f) 'cost' (not just dollars) (g) administration (h) interaction or lack of it with commercial apps ...any thing else ?? Perhaps this list is biased to CIFFS, by definition of the mailing list. But I have seen folks willing to speak out in the past. [BTW, please don't shoot the messenger:-)] Thanks.
Philip Thomas Motorola - DDL-ITG, M/S M360 2200 W. Broadway Rd Mesa, AZ 85202 rxjs80@email.sps.mot.com (480) 655-3678 (480) 655-3881 (fax)
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