I have 0 experience with DFS, other than I've used servers that share out files via DFS.<BR><BR>I currently have one file server and am looking at getting another one, possibly two servers.<BR><BR>If ...

I wasn't really expecting it to just work out of the box, but NFS is surprisingly viable.

Microsoft on Monday unveiled backup and recovery software for Windows file servers that will provide continuous backup of incremental changes to files and rapid recovery from disk-based storage.

When you’ve built a powerful Proxmox rig outfitted with your favorite virtual machines and containers, the last thing you’d want is a botched experiment to render everything unusable. While there are ...

This may seem like a silly question to those more in the know, and I could without a doubt develop a functional solution from good 'ol Google with enough blood sweat and tears. But really what I'm ...

A free tool from Microsoft can make backing up data in Windows Server 2008 R2 efficient and almost hassle-free. Here's how to use it effectively. Back in the day, Microsoft's free backup tool was the ...

Click to viewBacking up your data on a regular basis is important, and turning a spare computer into a backup server is often the best way to make sure it gets done. But most methods require either a ...

In a continuing bid to capture some of the tape-backup market, Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of the upgrade to its file-and-application server recovery software, which includes ...

The same rules apply whether you’re backing up workgroups or file servers, storage experts say. But network-attached storage devices play by different rules. Most have their own built-in data ...