I wasn't really expecting it to just work out of the box, but NFS is surprisingly viable.

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Many companies are using open source Linux servers for DNS/DHCP servers and Web servers, but it is also possible to use Linux or UNIX as a file server. The Network File System has been around for many ...

If thinking of NFS v4 puts a bad taste in your mouth, you are not alone. Or wrong. NFS v4.0 and v4.1 have had some valid, well-documented growing pains that include limited bandwidth and scalability.

I have EMC Celerra-class file servers in production. They mainly provide SMB services via a proprietary CIFS daemon (or maybe its some embedded version of Windows - I dont know much about EMCs core ...