samba - May 2013 - Samba 4 Alpha 17 to 4.0.x update - questions concerning S3FS / NTVFS

We had used Samba 4 alpha 17 for a long time and want to update our 
server now to Samba 4.0.x.
The old Samba versions was using NTVFS and Samba 4.0.x is now using S3FS 
by default.

So, what is the best practice now? Should we stay on NTVFS or should we 
switch to S3FS?

The global part of our smb.conf looks like this:

---
[global]
         interfaces = eth0
         netbios name = PDC
         passdb backend = samba4
         realm = MYDOMAIN.LAN
         # Global parameters
         server role = domain controller
         server string = PDC
         workgroup = MYDOMAIN
---

When we start Samba 4.0.x with this configuration, is it using NTVFS 
like before or is it using S3FS then?

Thx for help!

On 05/25/2013 06:30 AM, X-Dimension wrote:
> We had used Samba 4 alpha 17 for a long time and want to update our 
> server now to Samba 4.0.x.
> The old Samba versions was using NTVFS and Samba 4.0.x is now using 
> S3FS by default.
>
> So, what is the best practice now? Should we stay on NTVFS or should 
> we switch to S3FS?
>
> The global part of our smb.conf looks like this:
>
> ---
> [global]
>         interfaces = eth0
>         netbios name = PDC
>         passdb backend = samba4
>         realm = MYDOMAIN.LAN
>         # Global parameters
>         server role = domain controller
>         server string = PDC
>         workgroup = MYDOMAIN
> ---
>
> When we start Samba 4.0.x with this configuration, is it using NTVFS 
> like before or is it using S3FS then?
>
> Thx for help!
S3FS, as you don't have an explicit service for ntvfs, you can check 
with testparm -v

Matthieu.

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Matthieu Patou
Samba Team
http://samba.org