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NFS vs. CIFS vs. SMB: What are the differences?

By Garry Kranz, Marc Staimer, Carol Sliwa 29 Mar 2023

There are stark differences among file sharing protocols NFS, CIFS and SMB. Compare access, application deployment, configuration and security, among other key features. Read More

NFS vs SMB vs CIFS: File storage protocols defined

By Antony Adshead 04 Oct 2022

We take a close look at NFS and SMB – the key file storage access protocols – and weigh up their pros, cons and suitability to differing datacentre environments Read More

VMware vSAN file service introduces NFS, SMB file shares

By Rob Bastiaansen 23 Aug 2021

VMware introduced NFS and SMB file shares with the vSAN file service. This service lets VMs access any stored data in the vSAN datastore as long as you configure access rights. Read More

Is hyperscale NAS the future of storage in the AI era?

By Simon Robinson 04 Mar 2024

Storage for AI workloads will require high capacity and performance. Some vendors have started to tackle this issue, for example with global file system technology. Read More

New Hammerspace capability sets up enterprise AI

By Tim McCarthy 22 Feb 2024

The latest update to Hammerspace's software-defined storage system removes metadata from data path, enabling HPC to use data from any storage source without specialized hardware. Read More

Elastifile adds NFS file services to Google Cloud Launcher

By Carol Sliwa 03 Apr 2018

Startup Elastifile makes available push-button option to deploy its NFS-based scale-out file system on hourly or long-term basis with fast solid-state drives on Google Cloud Platform. Read More

Riverbed SteelFusion edge devices embrace NFS

By Sonia Lelii 06 Mar 2017

Riverbed adds NAS support to SteelFusion to broaden the reach of the remote office storage appliance, which already supports SAN and object storage. Read More

Microsoft Azure taps NetApp Ontap for native NFS storage

By Garry Kranz 05 Oct 2017

NetApp Ontap will become available in Microsoft public cloud as the Azure Enterprise NFS Service. Will we see NetApp do the same for Amazon Web Services? Read More

Nexustorage aims at file and block access to object storage

By Antony Adshead 04 Oct 2021

New Zealand-based startup to release Nexfs, which chops files into sub-file chunks and tiers them off to cheap and deep object stores with NFS and iSCSAI access for Posix applications Read More

Compare file storage options in the cloud

By Dave Raffo 06 Oct 2023

In the hot market of file storage in the public cloud, many options are available across some of the largest vendors, with performance a major consideration. Read More