VSAN File Service's initial release only supported network file systems; but the vSphere 7 Update 1 introduced SMB file sharing for Windows. With both NFS and SMB support, you can efficiently transfer ...

A Raspberry Pi can be a fantastic low-power computer or server, but moving files between a Pi and your other devices over a network isn't straightforward. Thankfully, it only takes a few steps to set ...

When you have a local network, you can have network storage — an SMB share on a file server, or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box that everything on the network can access. Inside a cloud service, ...

The feature, part of Microsoft's Azure cloud service, makes it easy to create file shares in the public cloud. In its effort to make its cloud service more appealing as an alternative or companion to ...

One of the most popular questions long-time Linux users have been asked is, “How do I create a network share that Windows can see?“, and it’s for good reason. Creating a network share in Linux is a ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

File sharing is a fundamental aspect of networked computing, and in Linux environments, two of the most prevalent protocols facilitating this are NFS (Network File System) and Samba. This article aims ...

In what is not exactly a common occurrence, Google just released a completely new app of its own on the Play Store. The app’s called Android Samba Client, and in Google’s own words, it “allows users ...