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by chungy 1388 days ago
> Windows has an NFS client, but it is an additional OS feature which isn't installed by default (and I believe its NFS version support is somewhat outdated?)

Windows has both NFS server and client. It's not enabled by default, but it can be enabled. It has supported NFSv4 since Windows 8.
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DannyBee 1388 days ago
". It has supported NFSv4 since Windows 8."

Only as a server. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/nfs/...

It has never supported nfsv4 as a client.

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skissane 1388 days ago
Cool. So to update your list:

> Things that support SMB out of the box: Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, illumos

> Things that support NFSv4 out of the box: Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, illumos

OpenBSD is the only real difference here. (And if "install something from ports" counts as "out of the box", there is no difference.)

There is still somewhat of a difference in ease-of-use though. For NFS, Windows users have to enable an OS feature which is not enabled by default. (I suppose one could automate that in the installer, run a PowerShell script for example.) Not sure how true that is for other platforms.

It still raises the question of why one might prefer NFSv4 vs SMB.

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