# Is rclone more efficient than an nfs mount

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**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/is-rclone-more-efficient-than-an-nfs-mount/16974 "2020-06-07T08:40:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/is-rclone-more-efficient-than-an-nfs-mount/16974/6 "2020-06-10T10:11:09Z")

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> [@Animosity022](#):
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> I moved to cloud as the cost for powering the home storage was becoming a bit cumbersome along with the maintenance behind it.

My wife started complaining about the noise and power bill of all the servers at home which started me off on the rclone quest many years ago!

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