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What is the difference between iSCSI and NFS/CIFS?

April 26, 2017CIFS iSCSI NFS

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What is the difference between iSCSI and NFS/CIFS?

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iSCSI and NFS (Network File System) or CIFS (Common Internet File System – MS proprietary network filesystem) all allow storage access over IP networking infrastructure. However, iSCSI enables block storage transfer while NFS and CIFS transfers files. Ultimately a file is composed at the NFS/CIFS server device through block level storage access. Block level storage access offers superior performance for data intensive software applications and databases.