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title: "Volume Configuration"
slug: "volume-configuration"
tags: ["FTP", "Multiprotocol", "NFS", "Permissions", "SMB", "Volume Management"]
updated: 2026-04-03T21:53:46Z
published: 2026-04-03T21:53:46Z
canonical: "docs.nasuni.com/volume-configuration"
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# Volume Configuration

The following table contains Nasuni recommendations for configuring volumes, based on the objectives for the volume. Configuration includes consideration of the following:

- Original volume protocol
- Additional volume protocol, if any
- Authentication
- Volume Permissions Policy
- Case Sensitivity

| **Objective of volume** | **Original volume protocol** | **Additional volume** **protocol** | **Set** **Authentication to …** | **Set** **Permissions Policy to …** | **Set Case Sensitivity to …** | **Options available include:** | **Unsupported features** **include:** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SMB clients only (Microsoft Windows clients, macOS clients) (no NFS, no FTP) | SMB (CIFS) | None | Active Directory | NTFS Exclusive | No | Durable handles (with SMB 2.0+ and GFL disabled). Web Access. Global File Lock Advanced and Optimized mode. | NFS. FTP. LDAP. Multiple volume protocols. Switching from NTFS Exclusive to NTFS Compatible. |
| SMB clients + FTP (Microsoft Windows clients, macOS clients) | SMB (CIFS) | FTP | Active Directory | NTFS Compatible or POSIX | Yes (Case sensitivity required to add FTP) | FTP. Web Access. Global File Lock: Advanced and Optimized mode. Switch from NTFS Compatible to NTFS Exclusive. | NFS. LDAP |
| SMB + NFS Basic InterOp: no ID mapping (Microsoft Windows clients, macOS clients, UNIX or Linux clients) | SMB (CIFS) | NFS | Active Directory | NTFS Compatible + POSIX | Yes (Case sensitivity required to add NFS and FTP protocols) | FTP. Web Access. Global File Lock: Optimized mode. Can switch from NTFS Compatible to NTFS Exclusive. | NFS-only volumes. LDAP authentication. |
| NFS + SMB Clients: IDs mapped between SMB/NFS using AD Unix Extensions (Microsoft Windows clients, macOS clients, UNIX or Linux clients) | Multiprotocol (CIFS + NFS (NFSv4 clients only) ) | N/A | Active Directory | NTFS Multiprotocol | N/A | Web Access, Global File Lock: Optimized mode. | Case Sensitivity, FTP/SFTP, S3. |
| NFS clients (UNIX or Linux clients) | NFS | None | Active Directory | POSIX | Yes (cannot be changed) | FTP. Global File Lock: Optimized mode. | CIFS (SMB) volumes. Web Access. |
| NFS + SMB Clients: IDs mapped between SMB/NFS using AD Unix Extensions (Microsoft Windows clients, macOS clients, UNIX or Linux clients) | NFS | SMB (CIFS) | Active Directory | POSIX (translated to NTFS) | Yes (cannot be changed) | FTP. Web Access. Global File Lock: Optimized mode | LDAP. |