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What is SMB?

Server Message Block (SMB) is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications on a computer to access files and resources on a remote server. It's commonly used for sharing files, printers, and serial ports between computers on a network. SMB is primarily used in Windows environments, but implementations are also available for other operating systems like Linux and macOS, often through the use of Samba.

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What other technologies are related to SMB?

SMB Competitor Technologies

NFS

NFS (Network File System) is a file sharing protocol that allows users to access files over a network, making it a direct competitor to SMB for file sharing.

mentioned alongside SMB in 14% (2.8k) of relevant job posts

CIFS

CIFS (Common Internet File System) is another name for SMB. Thus it's effectively the same.

mentioned alongside SMB in 13% (674) of relevant job posts

iSCSI

iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) is a protocol that allows computers to access block-level storage devices over a network. SMB can be used with block storage, so iSCSI can be seen as a storage protocol that competes in some use-cases with SMB.

mentioned alongside SMB in 8% (907) of relevant job posts

AWS Transfer for SFTP

AWS Transfer for SFTP provides a managed SFTP service in AWS, enabling secure file transfers over the internet. It provides an alternative way to securely transfer files between systems.

mentioned alongside SMB in 80% (91) of relevant job posts

NFSv4.x

NFSv4.x is a more recent version of the NFS protocol that offers improved security and performance compared to older versions. This makes it a stronger competitor to SMB.

mentioned alongside SMB in 100% (58) of relevant job posts

FTP

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network. It competes with SMB for file sharing.

mentioned alongside SMB in 3% (1k) of relevant job posts

NAS

NAS (Network Attached Storage) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients. It typically supports SMB, and so competes with it.

mentioned alongside SMB in 2% (548) of relevant job posts

SMB Complementary Technologies

DataSync

AWS DataSync is a data transfer service that simplifies, automates, and accelerates moving data between on-premises storage and AWS. It can be used to migrate data to/from SMB shares.

mentioned alongside SMB in 19% (114) of relevant job posts

Storage Gateway

AWS Storage Gateway connects on-premises software appliances to cloud-based storage. It can present cloud storage as SMB file shares, therefore it is complementary.

mentioned alongside SMB in 17% (114) of relevant job posts

AWS Backup

AWS Backup is a centralized backup service that can be used to back up data stored in SMB file shares. This is complementary.

mentioned alongside SMB in 9% (118) of relevant job posts