Visuality Systems provides the most complete and up-to-date SMB client and SMB (also known as CIFS) server solutions for Embedded products, Storage systems and Java-based applications
The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol (also called CIFS), is a file and printer sharing protocol which serves as the basis for Microsoft's Distributed File System implementation. Every year, more and more networks utilize the SMB protocol for its advantages over other alternatives.
Both FTP and SFTP allow transferring of files over the network. SMB allows not only copying an entire file, but also grants access to files over the network. File editing, for example, can be executed over SMB without changing its location.
Information sent via HTTP is not encrypted and can pose a threat to privacy. SMB3.x dialects provide enhanced security by supporting end-to-endencryption.
Based on HTTP, WebDAV does not offer speed and efficiency over large files, has data limits and offers slower synchronization for networks due to inbuilt header command overheads. The SMB protocol offers better performance with an opportunistic locking mechanism that improves performance by controlling the caching of network files by the client.
NFS is only native to the Linux world, whilst using it on a Windows computer requires additional installation. SMB scores over NFS as it is a cross platform native solution for Windows, Linux and Macintosh.
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