NTFS, an acronym that stands for New Technology File System, is a file system first introduced by Microsoft in 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. The Windows Server line of operating systems ...

In context: Microsoft introduced the original version of ReFS in 2012 alongside the enterprise-focused Windows Server 2012. At the time, the company stated that the new file system was intended to ...

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Windows Server 2003 includes the Distributed File Service which, when properly configured, can make an administrator’s job a lot easier. Interested? Read on. The DFS technology allows you to logically ...

A new DFSCoerce Windows NTLM relay attack has been discovered that uses MS-DFSNM, Microsoft's Distributed File System, to completely take over a Windows domain. Many organizations utilize Microsoft ...

File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so – but ...

Numero Uno, we are required to add the DFS Role from Server Manager and add subsequent features to get it going. Follow the steps mentioned below to do the same. Before we configure DFS Namespace, we ...

CRN breaks down the strength and weaknesses for the 15 leading storage vendors who made Gartner’s new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. The Top 15 Distributed File ...