File-Sharing Protocols - NETGEAR RND4000v2 Software Manual

File-Sharing Protocols

Shares can be accessed over a network. Network access to data stored on your ReadyNAS
system is managed by file-sharing protocols, which handle the transfer of data. You can
access a share on your ReadyNAS from other network-attached devices (for example, a
laptop or a tablet) if the share is enabled for a file-sharing protocol that the network-attached
device supports. You can enable a share to support more than one file-sharing protocol.
The following table lists the file-sharing protocols that your ReadyNAS storage system
supports.
Table 3. Supported file-sharing protocols
Protocol
AFP
(Apple File Protocol)
CIFS
(Common Internet File
Service)
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol)
and FTPS (FTP with SSL
encryption)
HTTP
(Hypertext Transfer
Protocol and HTTPS
(HTTP with SSL
encryption)
NFS
(Network File Service)
Rsync
ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3
Description
Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X computers use
AFP. Your ReadyNAS system supports
AFP 3.2.
Used mainly by Microsoft Windows
computers and sometimes by Mac OS X
computers, this protocol is enabled by
default. It is sometimes referred to as the
SMB (Server Message Block)
file-sharing protocol.
Many public file upload and download
sites use FTP.
Used on the world-wide web.
Linux and Unix computers use NFS.
Your ReadyNAS system supports NFS
v3 over UDP and TCP.
Fast file-transfer protocol that uses a
delta-transfer algorithm that sends only
the differences between the source file
and the existing file.
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Recommendation
If only Mac OS 9 and OS X users will
access your storage system, enable
this protocol. However, in a mixed
Windows and Mac environment,
NETGEAR recommends using CIFS
only.
If Windows users access your
storage system, enable this protocol.
If users access your storage system
using FTP, enable this protocol.
If users access your storage system
from a device with a web browser,
including a smartphone or tablet
computer, enable this protocol.
If Linux or Unix users access your
storage system, enable this protocol.
If users access your storage system
from a device that supports Rsync,
enable this protocol.