1] Install File Server First of all, we need to install the File Server role on your computer. The role allows us to manage shared folders and enable users to access files over the network.

1] Install File Server Resource Manager First, we need to install the File Server role on your computer. This role allows us to manage shared folders and enable users to access files over the network.

In a client-server environment, an organization's files, and sometimes its applications, are stored not on individual desktop computers but on centralized servers instead. That "client-server ...

I'm dealing with a custom-built application that requires seven application servers to constantly move files to and from a central file store. The app servers have to be 32-bit Windows Server 2003.

A multi-drive server case like this one (shown above) is an awesome choice, and while it'll run you about $140, it's small, quiet, and has room for four hot-swap drives. That brings the total cost ...