Have you looked into Windows Home Server? I think it was supposed to replace Home Groups for file sharing. I have a license for it but have never tried it because I use a domain with Windows Storage Server. With a domain everything is pretty much plug and play. Another thing you might want to consider is Storage Spaces. I think all current Windows operating systems support it. Several years ago I purchased two NetApp DS14MK2 Storage Shelves with AT-FCX fiber channel controllers for about $75US each (including hard drives). I put a dual port FC card in my storage server, daisy chained everything, turned on multi-path IO, and to my surprise Storage Spaces recognized everything. Storage Space also allows you to easily set up a variety of RAID types. For the amount of storage you have you might want to consider something like this for redundancy. This version of the storage shelf will accept standard SATA drives. Allen -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of RussellMc Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:49 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Cc: ken@elecsyn.com; Jeff Finger; Chris Rauch; RossGMail; ApptechNZ; Iain Subject: [OT]:: WIN10 LAN access - suggestions sought. Windows "home groups" were removed from WIN10 in late 2018 - With Cloud / internet access not being an acceptable part of any solution, - using the latest versions of WIN10 Pro & Home Shortest: How do I access hard drives "on" other PCs on a home LAN with minimal restrictions and effort. Within LAN security is not an issue. Short: How do I easily, foolproofly (and as a bonus with minimal enable/grant/assert/set/ rights/permissions/passwords/... ) emulate the prior abilities of Windows home groups. to allow disk drive access as desired between PCs running: WIN10 Pro, WIN10 Home, (bonus: WIN7, ....) Longer: I've not been using PC-PC LAN facilities for some while. I had previously done this using 'home groups' with complete successs [tm]. I decided it was time to re-establish LAN functionality between a few PCs. And found that Microsoft have removed the homegroup feature in late 2018, that ALL the fixes workarounds or alternatives acceptable to me & suggested by Microsoft using the O/S's own facilities do not work (for me so far after excessive poring, trying and hair tearing) . Microsoft suggest that "*That many people nowadays Like Marmalade Instead *" in the form of "One Drive" or other such modern cloudy solution. I have ~=3D 30TB of storage in external & USB connected drives on one PC. Storing that 'IN' 'The Cloud' or using it as a means of transfer is stupid as well as unacceptable. Other PCs (2 desktops) various laptops usually have one HDD and maybe USB connected flash drives. "All I want" [tm] is what I always* had, namely To be able to access hard drives on other PCs on an 'ethernet' LAN more or less as if they were physically connected to the PC I am using**. Needing to 'share' or set permissions on a file by file basis is unacceptable. Needing to use dedicated "shared" folders is pathetically low capability. Needing to set permissions or access at a folder level is perhaps grudgingly acceptable. Being able to access a whole HDD for read-only or all-access is what I want. Just like I always could :-) Russell *For values of 'always' > =3D DOS 3.1 (afair) or WFW ** "The PC I am using" and "physically connected to the PC" can get a bit ephemeral - I've used 'Team Viewer' from behind the Great Firewall of China to operate a PC in NZ withb the far end laptop essentially being a terminal on the NZ PC -and from there was then able to connect across the home LAN (using home group functionality) to hard drives on other PCs on the home lAN. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/teachers/offbyhear t/the_kings_breakfast_milne.pdf --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .