There's some talk where I am about the possibility of replacing a file server which is currently mounting SAN storage provided by our NetApp appliance over fiber, with just serving the files directly ...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s recent donation of source code that implements the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol to the OpenSolaris project will enable Windows users to store and retrieve files ...
Among the applications most likely impaired by file server centralization are Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, which use Microsoft’s Common Internet File System (CIFS) file sharing protocol, as well as ...