i need to copy files (large files around 4 GiB and millions of small files from 100 KiB to 25 MiB) between my network file server running freebsd 8 and my laptop running windows xp pro.
requirements
1. fast (no data encryption)
2. decent gui available for windows xp
preferred
1. credentials are encrypted
requirements
1. fast (no data encryption)
2. decent gui available for windows xp
preferred
1. credentials are encrypted
No idea how reliable this is but... http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/filexfer.htm
Also: http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Also: http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
samba would probably be fastest.
oops, I missed the "freebsd" part when I saw the gui requirement for windows...
your link recommends mapping a samba share, yeah?
i'll just install samba on the freebsd file server, setup a share, and map it on my windows xp machine.
that works!
i'll just install samba on the freebsd file server, setup a share, and map it on my windows xp machine.
that works!
Samba is most certainly the easiest way.
I had to add this to my smb.conf otherwise my performance was *horrible*.
socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384 TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
I had to add this to my smb.conf otherwise my performance was *horrible*.
socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384 TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
`sudo /usr/libexec/ftpd -D` is much easier than samba. but performance sucks for millions of small files. also, it uses plaintext authentication. :[
FTP sucks. Period.
Yeah. Samba sounds like the best route, larz. But I don't know of many other protocols...
i couldn't get samba working, and i was getting extremely frustrated. then randomly, weeks later, i realized that pf was blocking it!
sigh.
sigh.
haha
Alternatives... openafs / nfs ( a pain on windows but doable ) / not much else....
windows kinda sucks as an operating system.
windows kinda sucks as an operating system.
Last I checked, openafs support was either buggy or missing on most operating systems ...
it does exist though. =P
It seems to have improved now. I last looked at it maybe 4 or 5 years ago, I guess my info is out of date ... :-/
It's still sketch as shit.
Oh ... So it doesn't really differ from NFS or SMB then?
well it does in that it is a distributed file system. blocks can reside in multiple geographic locations at once... or just one. Also it has full integrated kerberos support.
On of my main issues with NFS is file locking and that the entire system borks when you lose a mount ...
oh yeah... svn + nfs + osx used to be a nightmare.
Incidentally, the FreeBSD status report that came out today mentioned OpenAFS:
http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-201 … enAFS-Port
“Work covered in previous reports brought the OpenAFS client to a useful form on 9.0-CURRENT, though with some rough edges. Since our last report, we have fixed several bugs that were impacting usability, and we expect the upcoming 1.6.0 release to be usable for regular client workloads (though not heavy load).”
http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-201 … enAFS-Port
“Work covered in previous reports brought the OpenAFS client to a useful form on 9.0-CURRENT, though with some rough edges. Since our last report, we have fixed several bugs that were impacting usability, and we expect the upcoming 1.6.0 release to be usable for regular client workloads (though not heavy load).”
People still use AFS. I think columbia universities email is still based on it...
I put ubuntu server edition on my file server because it played nice with my new tv, but if I'm copying mp3 files to a samba share via mp3tag while listening to music on the same share, the music stops playing every few seconds like it's buffering. never had this with freebsd. not a huge deal because copying doesn't take very long, but another point for freebsd.