Here at Miami, we have a lot of systems running to keep the campus afloat. With those systems comes data and files that need to be stored. As one can imagine, with a footprint as big as Miami's, that ...

The Direct Access File System will be submitted to the Internet Engineering Task Force shortly, paving the way for final adoption next year. Version 1 of the emerging Direct Access File System (Dafs) ...

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims ...

If you’re a Microsoft small business running either Windows 7 or Vista computers, the operating system’s built-in file synchronization feature can save you a lot of time and aggravation. Here’s the ...

I have just picked up a new PC and want to turn my old system into a headless, dedicated media server. I have a few questions around that. 1. I have Windows 11 Home on the old system. I need something ...

Cisco Systems Inc. today unveiled a file-based data-sharing appliance that will offer enterprises the ability to consolidate management of distributed file and print services within branch offices and ...

Although the World Wide Web is a global network, it remains predominantly centralized in terms of data storage. Servers, whether physical or virtual, are housed in large server farms or cloud ...

In certain respects, File Explorer is better on Windows 11. However, it still has problems. For instance, the search feature is still slow and doesn’t always produce the best results. I turn to ...

I have a friend who is trying to do transfer large files (multiple gigs) on a daily basis on a ‘wonky’ network. Wonky in the sense that the speed is variable and not always available. This means that ...

The Linux find command makes it easy to find files on your system – even if you don’t remember their names or exactly when you last updated them. Some of the options are a bit more challenging than ...