What are the benefits of NetServer?
AS/400 NetServer (or SMB support) ships as part of OS/400 beginning in V4R2. Since desktop users can now satisfy their file and print serving needs through the AS/400 NetServer function, all the file and print serving functions that currently exist in the other AS/400 Client Access clients have been removed from the Express client. AS/400 NetServer shares its Integrated File System (IFS) and AS/400 output queues with the Microsoft Network Neighborhood so users can access these resources as simply as they use those directly on their desktop. NetServer brings the following additional benefits versus using built-in PC file and print serving functions: • Increased stability at startup and shutdown of the PC as many start-up issues involved with Windows 32-bit file system • No background tasks (such as cwbuitsk, cwbnpred, cwbsvd, cwbbs) which previously used extra battery power on laptops. • When using Client Access Network Drives to access IFS information or Network Printers to use AS/400
