Re: ftp vs samba

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>]

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"Sherman, Michael (GE Energy)" <michael.sherman@og.ge.com> writes:

> Just wanted to know what your experience was with samba and ftp with regards
> to speed.

FTP beats samba hands down for speed.  Be warned, though:  Internet
Explorer has a bug that causes ftp URLs to be horribly incorrect.
Internet Explorer falsely assumes that it'll be browsing from /
instead of ~/ .

> Also speedwise how does Debian compare with FreeBSD? (Don't want to start
> any wars, just want to read experiences)

Hire a consultant and ask them...
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