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Shared folder mounted on OSX: NFS, WebDAV or AFP?

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http://serverfault.com – We are trying to figure out how to best mount a network share on OSX machines (only). We went with WebDAV initially which does what expected but it's extremely sluggish. Also the Finder seesm to have problems working with WebDAV. Are NFS and in particular AFP better to work on network folders as if they were local folders? Any advice appreciated. Thanks! (HowTos)

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Submitted by taskli on 08/06/2012 – Made popular on 08/06/2012

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