Best practice for BackupExec B2D/NAS

[drnicolas]

One of My Intentions to build up NAS4Free is to have a reliable place where backups form the BackupExec machine can go to.

Now, as NAS4Free is running, I am thinking of which is the correct and best technique to serve the BackupExec-machine with disk-space.

On the NAS4Free-side there is ZFS with datasets.
In my opinion there are 2 strategies possible:
1. Create an iSCSI-Target form the dataset ans use this on the BE-machine. I already tried this in a VM Setup. On the BE-machine, I can assign a drive letter and that's it.

2. Create a CIFS-share and assign a drive-letter to it on the BE-machine.

At first sight both techniques should do the same for BE.
On the NAs4Free machine, I should be able to see all the B2D-files when using a CIFS-share and do anything I want with them - right ?
Otherwise I can NOT see what is going on whne using iSCSI -right ?

Which is the better technique ? Is there anything else to consider ?

[raulfg3]

ISCSI is normally a sligthy faster than SMB, but You need to test both to be sure.