On Saturday 28 June 2008 17:26:21 Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 28 June 2008 15:58:06 Bogdan Cristea wrote:
I would like to have an expert opinion about the differences between a file server and a shared folder. My particular situation: I have a Windows server with one folder shared which also does a safety back-up to a second hard-disk each time someone copyies something into the shared folder. However I don't see much difference with respect to a simple shared folder (in Windows or Linux). Perhaps someone could explain what are the advantages (if any) of using a file server.
The word server properly only refers to the service provided, not to any kind of machinery. So your "shared folder" is a file server, as it serves files.
So I wonder what exactly you want to compare with. NFS perhaps?
Anders
I don't want to compare different file systems. It was only a question of terminology: why to call a machine running Windows Server file server, while a Windows XP machine sharing folders could do the same thing. -- Bogdan Cristea http://cristeab.googlepages.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org