digicube wrote on 2021-03-13, 09:35:
To transfer files between computers. Right now I'm using Network Neighborhood and map network drives. I tried using Serv-U ftp server, doesn't seem to be much faster. I probably need to upgrade from a 4GB CF card to a 120GB SSD at some point. Hope Windows NT 4.0 supports it. I'll probably install Windows NT server instead of Workstation.
Thank you for sharing the context .
FTP is lightweight and is, IMHO, a great choice for serving DATA to older/slower machines that are either not running Windows or do not have great throughput using Windows's file sharing functionality .
If you just want to run a third party FTP server application, I doubt NT server will bring anything useful to the table. If you aim to get the best possible performance, especially if you intend to use this with modern machines as well, NT4 (server or workstation) may not be the optimal OS to use .
Anyway, if you are dead set on using NT 4 (server or workstation) with large drives (especially if intend to boot from one), here is some useful info :
A general page on using NT4 with large hard drives (use the KB (Knowledge Base) archive listed below to access linked old Microsoft KB articles that Microsoft no longer hosts) :
https://nt4ref.zcm.com.au/bigdisk.htm
Microsoft KB archive :
https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php/Mi … soft_KB_Archive
Universal ATA/SATA driver (if needed, required for going above 127GB on NT4 when using a controller that normally uses NT4's native ATAPI.SYS:
http://alter.org.ua/soft/win/uni_ata/
If you want to experiment on your own to find a solution that suits you, feel free to ask specific questions, as needed .
If you would like some possible suggestions or opinions on setting things up, feel free to provide some more details ( client machine CPU/NIC type/OS, Server CPU/NIC type, current throughput, type of network used, hopes/expectations regarding throughput).
Either way, best of luck and let us know how it goes .