A file command that might take a few seconds or less to execute when sent across a local-area network to a server in the same office building can often take several minutes or more when the server ...

Local file server, if that's all you need in-house, might be done just as well with a BuffaloNAS or other similar device. Easier to manage than a Windows install, just can't do as much.

Enter Copyparty, a one-file, one-language file server that's installed in seconds, and gives you local access to the device it's installed on from any device with a web browser on your home network.

Make a NAS A NAS or Network-Attached Storage device is effectively a local file server that lets you store and access data on your local network using hard drives.

Custom hardware, in fire engine red (the owner jokes it’s “file engine” red) provides local user file storage much like a Windows Server without the Web and e-mail server cost and complexity.

Single copies of applications can also reside on a WebFS server, saving a company the cost of acquiring multiple licenses per local file server.

FBackup 9 is one of our favorite freebies, and the only one we're aware of that will back up to and from your online Google Drive and Dropbox accounts. It even supports optical discs!

I'm hearing rumblings about some of our APAC users taking minutes at a time to load excel files over the network from the local file server. This seemed to start about 3 weeks ago, the ...

Small file transfers from an online server don’t take much longer than from local storage hardware, but larger files will take noticeably longer.

Small file transfers from an online server don’t take much longer than from local storage hardware, but larger files will take noticeably longer.

If Chrome is not allowed to load local resource, clear DNS Host Cache, turn off the Chrome Security Settings, install the Web Server Extension, etc.