Review on Samba EFS NAS - Unlimited Connected Users by Chris Thrower
A simple way to share files between Windows and Linux systems.
It was pretty straight forward to setup. In a matter of minutes my machine was ready to go and had connected to my shared drives. All the steps were clearly described. It does take some getting used to as most of us don’t use AWS. For example when I logged into my EBS volume and saw the EBS volume listed, it was already mounted on my system. This is something that took a little time to get used to and I am sure others would find the same. As far as I could tell the performance was good enough. However there may be better options available. I am planning to try them out in the future and compare. A great solution for those who don’t want to mess around with configuring Samba manually.
Pros
- Quick deployment and configuration
- A nice tool for automating manual tasks (like backing up files)
Cons
- You must have an active Internet connection to upload files
- If you forget to run the backup script before you turn off the computer, the files will not be backed up.
