So I'm setting up a NAS server with my Raspberry-Pi, and I'm trying to figure out what type of file sharing I want to implement. Between NFS and Samba shares, I've read that NFS is faster than Samba, however Samba is easier to set up on Windows. My question is, does the speed increase is significant enough to go through the hassle of setting it on Windows?
My network consists of 2x Ubuntu and 1x Windows computers and 1x Android mini-pc.
If you want a share to use in windows, forget NFS, go to samba...
NFS can work in windows, but every time i tried i had problems with it (with external tools, with MS Windows Services for UNIX or with more recent windows server 2012). All are really just hacks to windows, not even MS gave me enough support when a NFS start failing on a server after 1 year of use.
Samba just works, windows know how to work with it, no problem ahead.
Performance, a tuned samba can be as fast as a NFS. Many small files is always a problem with samba/cifs, but that is a protocol limitation.
