I don't have samba experiences. Isn't the installation and administration of a samba server just for one "share" overkill? Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:36:31 +0100 "Marc Roos" <M.Roos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ==> ceph-users <ceph-users@xxxxxxx>, taeuber <taeuber@xxxxxxx> : > Via smb, much discussed here > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 13 February 2020 09:33 > To: ceph-users@xxxxxxx > Subject: Ceph and Windows - experiences or suggestions > > Hi there! > > I got the task to connect a Windows client to our existing ceph cluster. > I'm looking for experiences or suggestions from the community. > There came two possibilities to my mind: > 1. iSCSI Target on RBD exported to Windows > 2. NFS-Ganesha on CephFS exported to Windows > > Is there a third way exporting a ceph cluster to a windows machine? > > I have some experiences with CephFS. We have a small cluster > successfully running for linux clients. I don't have experiences with > RBD or iSCSI. > > The Windows machine will use the space for backups. The kind of data is > unknown. I expect the data to be a MS-SQL dump and user data from a > sharepoint system. The Windows admin does not care whether NFS or iSCSI > is used. > > I'd be happy if some of you could share experiences. > > Thanks > Lars > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > > -- Informationstechnologie Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Jägerstraße 22-23 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 20370-352 http://www.bbaw.de _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx