CIFS Features

• file and record locking

  • mandatory

• client side caching with strong semantics

  • not persistent
  • opportunistic locks
    • similar to NFS V4 delegation
    • synchronous operation as fallback

• file change notification

• batched operations

  • like NFS V4 compound statements

• data replication

  • implemented ?
  • not in Samba

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