The SMB or NFS protocol is used to connect to OneFS from the macOS client. In prior Mac OS X versions, many users preferred using NFS to access network storage because it was faster than SMB. This is no longer true with the latest macOS system. SMB is now the recommended protocol for macOS clients when connecting to a OneFS cluster. On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Sharing.
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Mac Nfs Share
In Mac OS X, you can connect to servers that use the AppleShare, SMB, WebDAV, and NFS protocols.
Mac file sharing (AppleShare)
To connect to an AppleShare server:
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Mac Os Nfs Client
- Connect your Mac to shared computers and servers. You can connect to shared computers and file servers on your network, including Mac and Windows computers that have file sharing turned on, and servers that use protocols such as SMB. You can connect by either browsing or entering the computer’s or server’s network address.
- NFS NFS is good for UNIX server-to-server file sharing. However it is incompatible with Windows clients, and is useless for Mac file sharing clients due to missing features, and compatibility and performance problems with Mac apps. SMB/CIFS The native Windows network file sharing protocol is the preferred protocol for Windows clients.
- NFS (Network File System) Originally comming from the unix/linux world, it has really poor integration into windows and mac. Neither of them supports it straig away and needs manual adjustments. Performance seems to be faster than SMB though. It is better suitable for server to server file transfer.
- With the Finder active, from the Go menu,select Connect to Server.... Alternatively, with theFinder active, press
Command-k
. - In the
Connect to Server
window that opens, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the server. Click Connect. - In the authentication window that appears, type your username andpassword for the server. If the volume has guest access, selectGuest instead. Click Connect.
- Select the volume of the server and click OK.
Windows file sharing (SMB)
Note: Because SMB traffic at Indiana University isfiltered, you may not access campus SMB servers from off campus unlessyou are using VPN.
To connect to an SMB server:
Smb Or Nfs For Mac 64-bit
- With the Finder active, from the Go menu, selectConnect to Server.... Alternatively, with the Finderactive, press
Command-k
. - In the
Connect to Server
window that opens, next tothe 'Address:' field, typesmb://
, followed by thefully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the server, aforward slash, and then the name of the shared volume (e.g.,smb://bl-dept-server.ads.iu.edu/share
).Note: Windows server administrators should havereverse DNS registration for Windows servers accessed by Mac or Unixsystems. - Click Connect.
- In the authentication window that appears, type your username andpassword for the server. You may also be asked to specify the domainwhere the server is located. For most servers at IU, use
ADS
. Click OK.
WebDAV
To connect to a WebDAV server:
- With the Finder active, from the Go menu, selectConnect to Server.... Alternatively, with the Finderactive, press
Command-k
. - In the
Connect to Server
window that opens, type theURL of the WebDAV shared volume (e.g.,http://server.address/
). - Click Connect.
- In the authentication window that appears, type your username andpassword for the server, and then click OK.
Mac Nfs Server
NFS
To connect to an NFS server:
- With the Finder active, from the Go menu, selectConnect to Server.... Alternatively, with the Finderactive, press
Command-k
. - In the
Connect to Server
window that opens, next tothe 'Address:' field, typenfs://
, followed by thefully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the server, aforward slash, and then the path of the exported share (e.g.,nfs://foo.com/home/u/jdoe
). - Click Connect.