Hey everyone, this is my first time posting here! I've been researching the idea of sharing a central storage solution using NFS mounts and I'm curious if I can set it up like this: I want to have NFS mounts on a storage server, then mount them on various Linux machines. From those machines, I'd like to share the files out using SMB with different security levels (SMB1, SMB2, SMB3) depending on the client. So, the idea is: Storage Proxies Clients. I appreciate any insights you might have, thanks!
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Yeah, you can definitely do it, but honestly, it seems a bit convoluted. It’s like walking through your neighbor’s backyard every time you want to get into your own house! What’s your main goal with this setup?
I don’t see why that wouldn’t work! However, I’d personally lean towards using iSCSI for setups like this. It might be easier and provide a more robust solution for file storage.
I’m a bit worried about file locks and potential corruption, which is something I’ve read about when sharing from the same system. What advantages would iSCSI really have over NFS in this case?
It sounds a bit funny to me—like why go through all that trouble? But hey, I guess if you have a specific need, it could make sense.
I have a network with a lot of older clients, and I want to segment it. My plan is to expose the files for different security levels (SMB1-3) while keeping the files centralized for easy management and access.