I want my own FTP server. Looking for advice on possible solutions. [more inside]
posted by bingo on Apr 9, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I synchronize local copies from a file server for when I'm not able to connect to its network or the internet? [more inside]
posted by philosophygeek on Dec 11, 2008 - 3 answers

My girlfriend has expanded her theater management business, hired some employees, and wants to have a file server, have a firewall, and have remote access to the office network. Can I do all this with a Dell PowerEdge 500Mhz PIII? If so.. [more inside]
posted by pegstar on Aug 21, 2008 - 9 answers

Networkfilter: I have a NTFS volume mounted on my OS X Server box. I'd like to access it over the net using AFP. It's not showing up as an available AFP share. What gives? [more inside]
posted by DLWM on Jun 15, 2008 - 4 answers

A mac on a network connects to a share point on the server and sees this instead of seeing this. [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Apr 10, 2008 - 8 answers

I don't want to synchronize my files every time I connect to any wireless network. Make it stop! [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Apr 29, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a cheap (or better yet, free) software to run a simple file server in my journalism lab. [more inside]
posted by cccorlew on Dec 10, 2006 - 11 answers

I'm in the process of setting up a file server that will interface with 12 windows XP workstations. I want it to be directly mountable on those workstations, and (the catch) I also want it to work with Active Directory. I'd like to install Linux on the server, but should I use Windows instead? [more inside]
posted by pombe on Dec 7, 2006 - 14 answers

Home network consists of two XP machines, an OSX laptop, and an Ubuntu laptop. Have just been given an old PIII to use as a file server. What OS should the file server run and what should I use to format the disks?
posted by humuhumu on Apr 24, 2006 - 18 answers

I just bought a smokin' new laptop with a 60GB hard drive, replacing my aging-but-serviceable desktop. I have about 90GB of files in total--too large to fit on the laptop. My just-replaced desktop is running XP Home, while my laptop is XP Pro -- can I use my desktop as a file server, or is XP Home too limiting/insecure? Am I opening myself up to a world of hurt? [more inside]
posted by kables on Apr 20, 2005 - 8 answers