Create an SMB file share

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is deeply integrated into the Microsoft Windows product suite, and remains the default file sharing protocol for Windows operating systems. The process of client-server communication is similar to NFS at a high level, but there are differences in some details and operational mechanisms. For example, in SMB, file systems are not mounted on the local SMB client. Instead, a network share hosted on the SMB server is accessed via a network path.

The topics in this section explain various methods for creating an SMB file share for your File Gateway.

Create an SMB file share using the default configuration
- Default configuration settings for SMB file shares
Create an SMB file share with a custom configuration

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Create NFS file share with custom configuration

Create SMB file share with default configuration

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