http://www.abdevelopment.ca/taxonomy/term/34/0 en http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/tip-use-nfs-instead-samba-time-machine-backups <p>I recently converted my Time Machine backup to use NFS instead of Samba. All in all, it was a pretty simple procedure. By using NFS, I dropped userspace CPU usage from a <strong>maximum of 40% with Samba</strong> to no more than <strong>7-8% with NFS</strong>. This is on an AMD 4800+ X2, so the performance gains will be even bigger on slower machines. This means that my media server can now play HDTV h264 files without lagging during backups - a huge win for the elusive "WAF"!</p> <p><a href="http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/tip-use-nfs-instead-samba-time-machine-backups" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/tip-use-nfs-instead-samba-time-machine-backups#comments nfs OS X time machine Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:58:36 +0000 andrew 60 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca