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 ...

But both are worth considering.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel. Redmond has enabled the ...

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 ...

PlayStation 2, one of the most popular consoles in history is back as a handheld device with SMB server. A fan started this project back in 2013 and now after almost a decade, his dream and ours has ...

File-based storage has grown tremendously over the last several years, far outpacing block storage, even as both grow at double-digit rates. Cloud datacenters are deploying file-based protocols at an ...