Sorry, not answering your question ... but appending my own to it ...
We do lots of ftps as well and using NFS/SAMBA sounds like an interesting alternative. However, we just went through an audit and one of the requirements that came out of that is that all transfers have to be encrypted. So we're using ftp with TLS/SSL encryption. Does SAMBA/NFS encrypt data? --Stephen Ranga Nathan wrote:
I am proposing an architecture that will do away with myriad FTPs within our network and replace it with a simple LAN based file sharing using SAMBA / NFS / NAS. The FTPs have been a little flaky and processes did not always check success / failure of FTP. I am hoping that LAN based file sharing will eliminate these issues. There are no more than 10 servers at this time involved in this file sharing. When succcessful, we could extend it across the board to all our system that interchange data. What I am not sure if how SAMBA / NFS perform under heavy load? Are there any gotchas? I would also like to bring in SMB file sytem from z/OS. For this to happen, I need to demonstrate success with SAMBA. BTW, I have used SAMBA for a number of years without any issues, other than Windows highjacking the execute bit for archive turning text files into executables! But this will be the first time I will be trying it in corporate production, mission-critical environment. __________________________________________ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840
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