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 ...
Ok.<BR>We have a SAN we just created some CIFS shares on to replace some generic file servers in our network.<BR>So lets say right now we have<BR><BR>CIFS SERVER<BR>192.168.1.1<BR><BR>with a directory ...
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 ...
Common Internet File System is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing. CIFS performs poorly over high-latency WAN links because it’s chatty, meaning a large number ...