Some time ago I setup a nice Linux HA cluster for the office. Its been tweaked and upgraded a bit over the years, and currently exists as a pair of Dell PE T310 Towers, each with Quad Core Xeon, 8gb ...

Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...

PolyServe added the automated collection of performance statistics to it Linux file server clustering utility. The company, which provides file server clustering software, enhanced its PolyServe File ...

Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

This middleware sits atop the operating system to facilitate management of Oracle9i clusters. Oracle will make the code available under the General Public License, and it will be downloadable ...

With so many Linux distributions out there to choose from, there’s nothing like a good survey to offer fresh insight as to who’s using which ones. Focusing on the server realm, I already reported ...

For a few years I have been trying to create a "distributed cluster storage system" (see below) on standard Linux hardware. I have been unsuccessful. I have looked into buying one and they do exist, ...

A file server is a specialized PC that holds large numbers of files that many people on a network can access. It “serves up” files to everyone instead of each person having files on his or her own PC.

If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.