322 Implementing NFSv4 in the Enterprise: Planning and Migration Strategies
Protocols and software
The CIFS and NFS protocols are the primary means of accessing GSA File.
Certain “lightweight” protocols are also provided for access to the system; these
include HTTP, FTP, SCP SFTP, and rsync over SSH. Finally, support is offered for
auxiliary protocols that provide file system access: NetBIOS Name Service
(NBNS), also known as WINS, and NTP. All these tasks are accomplished using
a mixture of IBM products and open source software:
The CIFS protocol is supported in GSA File by Samba running on AIX 5L
systems. Several different CIFS solutions were evaluated, and it was found
that Samba was both robust and flexible. The same protocol is used ...