RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream. File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last ...

HELSINKI, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fusion File Share by Tuxera, which maximizes the speed and efficiency of data access, offers a Scale-Out feature that is unique among SMB implementations ...

There are a lot of practical uses for a personal server, both at home and for a business. You can use them to network local computers, provide communal storage, host email, and a variety of other ...

I was just reading about the new SMB 3.0 features that will be released with Server 2012 and Windows 8. One of the features that really has me intrigued is the new SMB Multichannel. SMB Multichannel ...

Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel. Redmond has enabled the ...

For sharing files between machines over a home network, it became essential for me to choose a consistent and relevant storage protocol rather than focusing solely on transfer speeds. Many home ...

Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server build for people in the Windows Server Insider Program. It has the build number of 25997 and, among many changes, adds SMB over QUIC to the Datacenter ...

With SMB version 2.1, running on Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, Microsoft has tuned the oplocks feature so that it works better in situations where a single application might generate multiple opens to ...

I've built and used countless systems, powered by both Linux and Windows, but I've usually resorted to Network File System (NFS) for the majority of my Unix-based installations. Once I started messing ...

Despite a few limitations, the Synology DS3617xs delivers reasonably priced performance without needing a full on rack server, and offers top notch software features alongside flexible hardware ...