In this article, we will explore how to install and configure File Server on Windows Server and install the necessary roles, configure shared folders, manage permission, and ensure security. Suppose ...

First, this is all done using VMs with VMWare Server because i'm testing my network plan before implementing it late this year. This is also my first time working with clusters.<BR><BR>I just finished ...

Has anyone played with it? I already knew new Hyper-V will have some pretty awesome HA features, virtual FC cards, proper virtual networking etc and the 2011 dev preview showed great SMB/CIFS ...

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 ...

Russ Miller runs a monster of a server cluster that eats storage at an incredible rate. The bandwidth requirements alone on his 22TFLOPS system force Miller to look outside the storage box, so to ...

Sometimes a single server has to serve multiple NetBIOS names. Rick Vanover shares this trick to having one server work double duty in the NetBIOS department. A server’s NetBIOS name is what we still ...

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 ...