Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...

The Small Business Server (SBS) upgrade recently went to manufacturing and will officially be launched at Microsoft's annual partner summit in July but general availability isn't expected until later ...

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 ...

SMB (Server Message Block) is a network protocol that is used to share access to files, printers and serial ports between a Linux or Unix computer and a Windows computer. NFS (Network File System) is ...

Microsoft Windows is usually a presence in most computing environments, and UNIX administrators likely will be forced to use resources in Windows networks from time to time. Although many are familiar ...

The big file-sharing leap came with Samba 4. That release brought Linux an Active Directory (AD) domain controller. With that version, Samba gained the ability to share files with both old and new ...

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Do you have a network-attached storage (NAS) device holding your accounts payable, document archives, or just your baby photos? If so, you're running Samba, the open-source file and print server. Now, ...

Two systems vendors this week unveiled servers for small and midsized businesses – SGI announced a midrange Linux server, and Dell announced a dual-core server. SGI’s $7,000 Altix 330 server is ...

LinuxWorld.com – There I was, in the middle of a Samba class — and nothing was working! Half the class had Linux boxes running Samba, and the other half had Windows 98, which had been installed by the ...