A high-speed computer in a network that stores the programs and data files shared by users. It acts like a remote disk drive. The difference between a file server and an application server is that the ...

While the majority of workloads in the cloud are Linux-based, Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andy Jassy said he is well aware that Windows is still significant, and as a result, his company on ...

If you are going to use Windows Server as a file server then it is a good idea to make use of the File Server Resource Manager. The File Server Resource Manager is a tool that was introduced in ...

One of the more underrated tools in Windows Server is the File Server Resource Manager. Among this tool's many capabilities is the ability to create file screens that can help you to control the ...

File Server Resource Manager is a valuable tool that helps admins control and organize the storage of files on a server. In this guide, we will walk through the steps to install File Server Resource ...

Higher levels of availability have become all the rage. The days of service-level agreements (SLAs) with explicit definitions of RPO (recovery-point objectives) and RTO (recovery-time objectives) may ...

Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

In the last column, I focused on the special requirements for protecting and backing up healthcare file servers. Continuing the theme of file server protection, I'm going to look at the specialized ...

I've got an old 2008 Windows-based file server. This is our only file server and I'm planning on replacing it this year (the sooner the better). I'd like to modernize accessing files as much as ...