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mrQQ
Nov 12, 2017Apprentice
SMB vs NFS: browsing performance
Hi, I have a NAS with a lot of small files, which I need to search through often. I use a file manager called FAR Manager, but that doesn't really matter. I've enabled NFS client in my windows wo...
StephenB
Nov 13, 2017Guru - Experienced User
NFS generally is faster when you are reading/writing lots of small files, so I'm not surprised that it is also faster for browsing. https://ferhatakgun.com/network-share-performance-differences-between-nfs-smb/ is one of several google reports on this.
mrQQ
Nov 13, 2017Apprentice
Ok, in that case, how can I make NFS show UTF filenames correctly? SMB shows them fine.
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