But both are worth considering.

RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream. File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last ...

I was just reading about the new SMB 3.0 features that will be released with Server 2012 and Windows 8. One of the features that really has me intrigued is the new SMB Multichannel. SMB Multichannel ...

It's still a solid file-sharing protocol, though ...

Leveraging the Internet for seamless connectivity regardless of location, even if the system administrator is away from the server room, can be a valuable—and yes, billable—service for ...

We've received several reports from readers indicating problems connecting to SMB (Samba) servers through certain third-party wireless routers. Users experiencing ...

I have all the appropriate permissions, because if I click on the server and drill down into any of these 3 shares, I can always read/write the contents, any time, without fail. The problem is with ...

Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server build for people in the Windows Server Insider Program. It has the build number of 25997 and, among many changes, adds SMB over QUIC to the Datacenter ...

Microsoft's position on Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) in Windows systems is that organizations should just get rid of it. Essentially, the 30-year-old SMB 1 protocol permits man-in-the-middle ...

Leveraging the Internet for seamless connectivity regardless of location, even if the system administrator is away from the server room, can be a valuable—and yes, billable—service for ...