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Synced Folders

This box supports all Synced Folder options provided by Vagrant as well two custom optimized options :

  • vboxsf - native VirtualBox method, cross-platform, convenient and reliable, terribly slow
  • nfs: better performance and convenience on Mac
  • nfs2: optimized nfs settings, experimental (default on Mac)
  • smb: better performance and convenience on Windows. Requires Vagrant to be run with admin privileges (not recommended).
  • smb2: does not require running vagrant as admin (default on Windows).
  • rsync: best performance, cross-platform platform, one-way only

Follow the instructions in the vagrant.yml file to switch between different sync options. The best balance between performance and convenience can be achieved with nfs2 on Mac (default) and smb2 on Windows (default).

If you use rsync on Windows, you'll have to run vagrant gatling-rsync-auto in a separate terminal to keep the files in sync as you make changes.
This is automated on Mac with rsync_auto set to true in vagrant.yml.

Mac

Option comparison for Mac Drupal developers (using time drush si -y as a test case):

  • vboxsf: 6x (slowest)
  • nfs: 1.3x
  • rsync: 1x (fastest)

NFS provides good performance and convenience (used by default on Mac)

Windows

Option comparison for Windows Drupal developers (using time drush si -y as a test case):

  • vboxsf: 5x (slowest)
  • smb: 2x
  • rsync: 1x (fastest)

smb provides good performance and convenience (used by default on Windows)

smb vs smb2

Compared to smb, smb2 does not require running vagrant as admin and does not prompt for username and password.
You will receive several "elevated command prompt" prompts which you accept. Vagrant will automatically create a user, set correct file permissions, create the SMB share, and mount it.