NFS vs VMFS - Data Storage - Spiceworks
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2177464-nfs-vs-vmfs26.11.2018 · VMFS is a file system, just as FAT, FAT32, NTFS, EXT3, EXT4, HFS, etc. are all file systems. File systems control how data is organized and stored on disks. There are differences between file systems of course in terms of features, scalability, performance, etc. NFS and SMB are network protocols for file system access over a network.