I have a home NAS (synology 1515+) I've typically connected to shares via afp (Mac OS 10.14). But recently was noticing some weird network slow downs after many hours of use. The shares would just ...

While playing around with the ideas I have for our upgraded storage solution (link to another thread in the Server Room with some background info) for our graphics/video shop, I began to wonder if we ...

Managing files across devices and teams can feel like a juggling act, especially when your workflow demands both flexibility and reliability. If you’re using a Synology NAS, you’ve likely come across ...

Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel. SMB ...

Network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB) and common internet file system (CIFS) are all file access storage protocols, used to access files on remote servers and storage servers (such as ...

However, you can disable SMB 2.x entirely, which will allow the Registry setting disabling oplocks to work. With SMB version 2.1, running on Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, Microsoft has tuned the ...