You want to pass TCP traffic from one computer to another, but there’s a doggone firewall in the way. Can they both see a shared file? Turns out, that’s all you need. Well, that and some software from ...

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 ...

The Drexel University File Server (sometimes referred to as a "network drive" or a "shared drive") can be used by groups to store folders and files they are actively working on in a collaborative ...

Microsoft has officially introduced boot support for the Resilient File System (ReFS) in the latest Windows Server Insider Preview builds.

I'm tasking my new hire with spinning up a new file server on the domain. It will be running Server 2019, and I'm looking for some best practices guides. It will be part of a DFS namespace and ...

Most small businesses don’t use file servers, a specialized PC that is just used to share files among workers. In the past, these PCs were expensive, ran a different operating system from the ordinary ...

This is weird and doesn't appear to be causing any access issues, but I want to find out what this means. Last night we took our two file server LUNs, which were on a physical server, and attached ...

Have you ever noticed that your file server storage space has quickly run out after upgrading the file server storage device? Your management might say: "Our employees are doing a great job! They are ...

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 ...