Monitor and copy file changes on Windows Server 2003 over NFS or CIFS to *nix
- by davenolan
Machine A, Windows Server 2003. Machine B, Ubuntu 9.04.
Aim is to copy new and updated files as fast as possible from A to B. B can mount A either as CIFS or NFS (Services for Unix NFS server running on A). This is an absolutely time critical operation.
What is the best way of achieving this?
Note: benchmarked NFS vs CIFS and CIFS was faster and there was less variance in the speed (haven't tuned the NFS setup at all)