Category Archives: Samba

The Samba Fileserver suite.

Does This Count Against My Fifteen Minutes?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Chris

Geeks like to gather together in large groups, sort of like schools of fish or herds of four-legged grass-eating cheetah snacks. Perhaps it’s a primordial instinct. Perhaps we feel safer that way. Perhaps that’s why we go to conferences.

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Samba in the Wild

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Chris

For Samba fans who also like Japanese cuisine…

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My Smiling Face

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Chris

I was interviewed for a Wired Magazine blog entry recently, which is way-cool. It’s not every day that I make it into the news. They wanted a picture, so I gave them two and they decided to use the head-shot. … Continue reading →

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…Now Carefully Put the Genie Back Into the Bottle

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Chris

Developers at Microsoft have submitted patches to Samba. ‘Nough said.

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2011 SNIA SDC Report: Summary

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Chris

The 2011 SNIA SDC: Storage Developers Circus The annual Storage Developers Conference is kind of like a five-ring circus.  There are way too many tracks to follow, all going on at once and all interesting to varying degrees to varying … Continue reading →

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2011 SNIA SDC Report: Wednesday

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Chris

Wednesday was a mix.  Microsoft continued to provide SMB2.2 information, and there were also presentations by Samba members.

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2011 SNIA SDC Report: Tuesday

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Chris

Today was Microsoft’s day. …but it was a good day.  Microsoft demonstrated their new SMB2.2 implementation which, despite the fact that it is very early pre-beta code, worked impressively well.

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2011 SNIA SDC Report: Monday

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Chris

Today, Monday, was Samba’s Day here at the Storage Developers Conference.  Tomorrow, it will be Microsoft’s turn.

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From Göttingen to Redmond

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Chris

The 10th annual Samba eXPerience conference was held last May in Göttingen, Germany.  It marked several major milestones (well, it was the EU, so these were Kilometerstones): SambaXP was the unofficial end of my one-year hiatus from SMB/CIFS development. During … Continue reading →

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