The importance of automating processes can’t be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way ...

In April 2007, I covered Egnyte, a capable but overly complex workgroup file-sharing application. Since then, based on complaints and concerns from people like me who found the service intriguing--but ...

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 ...

If you want to enable indexing on a Windows file server, you will need to start by installing the Windows Search Service. To do so, open Server Manager and then choose the Add Roles and Features ...

PC lovers tend to collect a lot of hardware as the years roll by. Instead of leaving it to collect dust, why not repurpose it as a file-slinging server? Several free and open-source operating systems ...

Those of you with Windows file servers running on vSphere, how do you provision the data volumes assuming you don't want to use VMFS? I'm struggling to find a significant reason either way to go with ...

i was thinking, if i was to build a file server for my parents, what software should i use. <BR><BR>the main thing would be little to no maintenance as they live in canada and me in the states. i ...