HFS+, NTFS and SMB2...

[JoelBC]

I was at the Apple store yesterday and was discussing setting up OS X Server in a mixed environment (OS X and Windows 7).

OS X Server allows the admin to specify whether the shared folder's protocol will be AFP or SMB2...the Apple Genius told me that SMB2 is the preferred because it means that a Windows computer can natively read / write to shared folders on HFS+ formatted drives.

This does not make sense to me but is it true?

TIA,

Joel

 

[chrfr]

I was at the Apple store yesterday and was discussing setting up OS X Server in a mixed environment (OS X and Windows 7).

OS X Server allows the admin to specify whether the shared folder's protocol will be AFP or SMB2...the Apple Genius told me that SMB2 is the preferred because it means that a Windows computer can natively read / write to shared folders on HFS+ formatted drives.

This does not make sense to me but is it true?

Yes, it's true, though there have been some issues with SMB2 in Mavericks connecting to Windows clients.
A disk's format is independent of the protocol used to connect to it over the network.

 

[JoelBC]

Yes, it's true, though there have been some issues with SMB2 in Mavericks connecting to Windows clients.

A disk's format is independent of the protocol used to connect to it over the network.

Appreciate the response...two follow ups"

i) Based on your response I should therefore be able to connect a Windows computer to an HFS+ shared folder and backup the Windows computer to that share?

ii) Does this also extend to HFS+ formatted DAS units [i.e. a Windows machine can similarly write to HFS+ formatted DS units]?

Thanks, you have just greatly simplified things for me.


Joel