Thanks to SMB, NFS, and iSCSI shares, I can use my TrueNAS Scale server with the rest of my home lab paraphernalia ...

However, object storage is not built around a file system, so it lacks the same kind of methods that enable locking. File (NAS) and block (SAN) storage both rest on the file system.

Some file types stripped by my SMTP proxy are useless to the users (com, js, chm, cmd, cpl, bat, and 30-40 others). Useful ones that I strip are EXEs (no choice), eml and html.

Discover the benefits of using both NFS and SMB protocols for NAS file sharing, ensuring compatibility across Windows, Linux, and macOS devices.

Such platforms must be versatile, enabling data to be stored and accessed via multiple protocols, such as the Network File System, Server Message Block, block and object.

The company said on Monday in a Microsoft 365 Message Center update that Outlook will block .library-ms and .search-ms file types beginning in July.