Doubt About FTP And NFS

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

1...What is the differnce between FPT and NFS( in Trasport Protocol)

2...When we wil use FTP and NFS......In which Case

Please Let me know in detailed

Regards

Khanna

[MichalKrawczyk · Accepted solution]

hi,

1...What is the differnce between FPT and NFS( in Trasport Protocol)

a) FTP - if your file are available via FTP then you use FTP

(over internet etc)

b) if your files are avaialble from XI in folders then you use NFS

Regards,

michal

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi ,

1..Which is the best one ???

2..Assume If we have the file in the FTP

then is there any way to get it into our XI system and then Using NFS.

3..OR then we Should Use only FTP?????/

Please let me know

Regards

Khanna

[prateek · Accepted solution]

Hi Rajesh,

<i>1..Which is the best one ???</i>

Performance wise there isnt much difference. The usage depends upon ur scenario

<i>2..Assume If we have the file in the FTP

then is there any way to get it into our XI system and then Using NFS.</i>

Need for such a scenario doesnt seem to be practical. FTP and NFS are optional things and u could use only one of them in a scenario until u go for a really complex configuration.

<i>3..OR then we Should Use only FTP?????</i>

If u have FTP, use FTP option only. No need to use NFS.

Regards,

Prateek

[Former Member]

ANS

[Former Member]

Hi Khanna,

We mostly use NFS when we require to poll the files from local machines..

Or in other words, any machine that is mounted on your SAP XI server can use the NFS protocol.

We use FTP when we require to poll the data from the FTP servers which are in the remote side or outside the firewall..

Also go through the below thread which discusses the same question u have....

Regards,

Abhy Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi,

1..When wil be the situation to the file is located in the Local Machine???

2..And When wil be the Situation to the file is located in the FTP Server????

And then How the data wil come Us ???? What wil be the data format???

Please clear me in all these..........

Regards

Khanna

[prateek]

Hi,

It is possible that the client's system is across ur network and the client is not ready to send u the file. At that time u have to use FTP.

In scenario where the XI system could store the file on their server (e.g. cases where the organization has their XI in place and they dont want to add an extra FTP server in their scenario, they can directly paste the file on the XI file system). In these cases NFS is used.

Data would come to u in any file format (e.g. .xml, .txt, .pdf). The format of data depends upon the file the sender wants to send

Regards,

Parteek

[Former Member]

Hi Thanks for ur quick reply.

As u told

>>>><i>that the client's system is across ur network and the client is not ready to send u the file. At that time u have to use FTP.</i>

This is ok.

Q:::::And For this We should be in the VPN OR No need?????/

<i>In scenario where the XI system could store the file on their server (e.g. cases where the organization has their XI in place and they dont want to add an extra FTP server in their scenario, they can directly paste the file on the XI file system). In these cases NFS is used.</i>

In this case u need to put the file in the XI Server, From where u wil get the file to keep it in the server(means via internet or by hand or like.....)

Please let me know all the details

Regards

Khanna

[MichalKrawczyk]

hi,

>>>>Q:::::And For this We should be in the VPN OR No need?????/

no need but with a VPN it will be more secure

Regards,

michal

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[Former Member]

In scenario where the XI system could store the file on their server (e.g. cases

Hi,

As one of the reply said

where the organization has their XI in place and they dont want to add an extra FTP server in their scenario, they can directly paste the file on the XI file system). In these cases NFS is used.

In this case u need to put the file in the XI Server, From where u wil get the file to keep it in the server(means via internet or by hand or like.....)

Please let me know all the details

Regards

Khanna

[MichalKrawczyk]

Hi,

>>>>Please let me know all the details

what deteils?

if you can store files on XI server - just put them there

and in sender file adapter specify the path to this folder

nothnig more needs to be done

Regards,

michal

[Former Member]

Hi ,

From Where and How we wil get the file to store it in the XI server

Regards

Khanna

[MichalKrawczyk]

Hi,

>>>>From Where and How we wil get the file to store it in the XI server

your application will send it there

(the one you want to intergrate with something else using XI)

Regards,

michal

[Former Member]

Here if the scenario is File to Idoc Means

How wil be the Flow of selecting Wether we should select the FTP or NFS

Please Explain me in detail.

Helpful Ans wil be Rewarded

Regards

Khanna

[Former Member]

well it depends where ur files are kept,if they are stored on a separate server the use FTP or if they are stored on the same server as XI,the use NFS

thanx

ahmad

[Former Member]

Hi,

FTP is a client-server based protocol.

It is identical to that of e.g. UNIX ftp command.

e.g.You may not be able to open the folder path in a Windows Explorer view, if the files are kept on a UNIX machine, but you can FTP the server.

You need to have access parameters, as well as <b>open connections</b> to the server.

Any folder that has been shared can be used for NFS. It is less secure, as user credentials are not required to access it.

Whenever you want to secure access to you file-system to a limited no. of users, you should use NFS.

Regards,

Puloma.