NFS / AD Help with Server 2008 with Solaris 10

[ABolster]

Ok, I'm not sure how much cross platform knowledge is floating about, but what i need is a fast (read:not samba) file transfer system (aiming at NFS) between 2 virgin systems.

Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, and Solaris 10 x86

Now, I would class myself as a windows poweruser, but i am by no means an administrative god, and i dont want to touch active directory or anything like that until i know im not going to funk it up.

Various guides floating around the internets say that an AD server is needed to manage windows/unix identity managment. My windows system is going to be my "workstation" so i dont want to chugg it up too much.

I dont care which is the server, i just want fast RW access across systems (1Gb dedicated ethernet line between)

Basically, help

Cheers guys

 

[itsp1965]

Okay we have 2 considerations here.. You wan't

1. Fast file transfer between hosts

- Have you considered just using SCP(one of the SSH protocols) or are you looking to permanently "map" drives

2. Consolidated Authentication

- Are you actually looking to maintain passwords/account info across both Solaris and Windows boxes? If so look at the following to see if it helps

http://blog.scottlowe.org/2006/08/15/solaris-10-and-active-directory-integration/

 

[ABolster]

I've considered SCP and yes i do want to map the drive, but scp would need cygwin on the workstation, which isnt what i want.

Dont really care about mantaining passwords.

Because this is a dedicated line, i can configure the NFS server to only accept one interface so I would even be content with everything RW to everyone; its the getting windows to talk to it that is interesting / concerning.

 

[itsp1965]

there are SCP implementations that do not require Cygwin.. you can download Putty which has an SCP client or you can download WinSCP

 

[ABolster]

i want to map the drive

 

[itsp1965]

Have you tried SFtpDrive

http://www.sftpdrive.com/

Essentially it's similar to SSHFS in Linux which allows you to mount a drive using SSH, therefore no need for an NFS implementation

 

[ABolster]

Sounds good, trying it now; Any idea about how much of a speed difference there will be between NFS and SFTP?

 

[ABolster]

ps i would still prefer to do this in NFS simply for compatability, and the obvious FOSS advantages. esp since sftpdrive is not free

 

[itsp1965]

I understand that, the only reason I recommend this avenue is that I have previously solutioned this for clients who connect to other 3rd party hosts. Since NFS protocols are not entirely secure, I'd rather not use them across firewalls. I find the SSH route "cleaner

 

[ABolster]

Agreed, but as stated, this is over a dedicated patch line between the two machines so security is a non issue; it is and can only be a 2 host network