Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-19 Thread John Summerfied
Ranga Nathan wrote: Subject Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? 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

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 11/17/2005 at 03:34 EST, David Kreuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from an architecture perspective is ftp doing the same thing as nfs/samba? FTP is more of a come and get it - samba/nfs are here when you want it. Just a thought. Not the same. FTP is a file *transfer* method. NFS

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-18 Thread David Boyes
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 05:03:55PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote: easily automated file transfer from z/OS to Windows. NJE is a lot easier to use than the SMB or NFS clients in that file transfer becomes the problem of coding a DEST=(node, user) on your DD card. I like that abstraction. Is

Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Ranga Nathan
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

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread David Boyes
What I am not sure if how SAMBA / NFS perform under heavy load? Are there any gotchas? R/O sharing with only one writer shouldn't be a problem. R/W sharing will take some planning, in that file locking is done differently in Samba and NFS, and consistency may not be maintained to all the

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Stephen Y Odo
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

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread David Kreuter
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? 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

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Yu Safin
of Ranga Nathan Sent: Thu 11/17/2005 1:33 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? I am proposing an architecture that will do away with myriad FTPs within our network and replace it with a simple LAN based file

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread David Boyes
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

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Ranga Nathan
Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? from an architecture perspective is ftp doing the same thing as nfs/samba? FTP is more of a come and get

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Ranga Nathan
Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? Sorry, not answering your question ... but appending my own to it ... We do lots of ftps as well and using

Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations?

2005-11-17 Thread Ranga Nathan
Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Using SAMBA / NFS for data interchange between Windows and Linux - any reservations? What I am not sure if how SAMBA / NFS perform under heavy load? Are there any gotchas? R/O sharing