topic Re: Windows File Server vs CIFS in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52241#M4807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when using the netapp machine to serve files for windows clients using the CIFS license/SMB protocol, it is possible to use ABE on the netapp shares. I cannot think about a configuration where this is not possible?!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:04:37 GMT thomas_glodde 2012-11-26T15:04:37Z Windows File Server vs CIFS https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52228#M4804 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We currently have NetApp as our storage solution and all shares are CIFS. I am now looking for any benefits that CIFS have over Windows File Server and vice versa. We currently have SAN storage in London and in Berlin. The set-up has to be configured that if the storage system in London fails it has to be brought up in Berlin. The problem is that is the Berlin we have same storage names so there would be naming conflict with CIFS where Windows File Server would not. I have read some other comparisons like:</P><P></P><TABLE border="1" class="jiveBorder" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%;"><TBODY><TR><TH style="text-align: center; background-color: #6690bc; color: #ffffff; padding: 2px;" valign="middle">Feature<BR /></TH><TH style="text-align: center; background-color: #6690bc; color: #ffffff; padding: 2px;" valign="middle">CIFS<BR /></TH><TH style="text-align: center; background-color: #6690bc; color: #ffffff; padding: 2px;" valign="middle">Windows File Server<BR /></TH></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Multiple connections to a file</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"> Read-Only Mode</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Fault Tolerance</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="text-align: center;">Achievable with DFS</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><P><SPAN style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">Optimization for slow links</SPAN></P></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Security (Anonymous and Secure)</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Only Secure</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Unicode</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Global File Names</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Windows Licences</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Backups</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Alternative solutions needed</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Windows Shadow copies</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Security </SPAN><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">Management over multiple AD forests</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">More Complicated but possible</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Centralized Storage</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Achievable with DFS</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Mirroring</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="text-align: center;">Achievable with alternative technologies</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">De-duplication</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Storage Hot Add</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Access Based Enumeration</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">-</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">DFS and DFS-Replication</SPAN></TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;">Achievable with alternative technologies</TD><TD style="padding: 2px; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;">√</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp; </P><P>These are just some comparisons but I would like to know if there are more or if there is any fault in the list.</P><P></P><P>What are the benefits of Windows File Server over CIFS?</P><P>What are the benefits of CIFS over Windows File Server?</P><P></P><P>Also if anybody can explain what does Global File Name mean?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:14:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52228#M4804 ATISSMITS 2025-06-05T06:14:51Z Re: Windows File Server vs CIFS https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52233#M4805 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>ABE is possible on netapp storage ...</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:00:21 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52233#M4805 thomas_glodde 2012-11-26T13:00:21Z Re: Windows File Server vs CIFS https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52236#M4806 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is possible but only if the Windows Share is located on the NetApp drive not directly. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:01:38 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52236#M4806 ATISSMITS 2012-11-26T15:01:38Z Re: Windows File Server vs CIFS https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52241#M4807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when using the netapp machine to serve files for windows clients using the CIFS license/SMB protocol, it is possible to use ABE on the netapp shares. I cannot think about a configuration where this is not possible?!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:04:37 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Windows-File-Server-vs-CIFS/m-p/52241#M4807 thomas_glodde 2012-11-26T15:04:37Z