Common Internet File System (CIFS), also known as Server Message Block (SMB), is a platform-neutral application-layer network protocol. The CIFS protocol is commonly used for remote file access and ...

In the last couple of newsletters, we discussed the movement to consolidate servers into centralized data centers. We also discussed the problems that can result from running Common Internet File ...

I have two NFS servers and two CIFS servers, all four with a lustre backend. Users are running into problems that changes to files on one protocol are not visible on the other protocol. I have CTDB on ...

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 ...

Systems administrators should get ready to fix a critical vulnerability on April 12 that affects the Windows and Samba implementations of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The vulnerability was ...

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 ...