Last year I was working on a Gentoo Linux based VMWare server install where I had two VMWare images running. One image was a hardened Gentoo web server and the other was a Windows 2003 server for running ASP/ASP.NET applications for development testing. One of the requirements was to install a FTP server where multiple developers could have access to the box to test code for pre-production.

As most of you know, I’m mainly a Linux guy. I do “some” work with Windows servers, but mostly stay with Gentoo linux servers. Installing a FTP server, in my initial thinking, was “no problem”. I always forget you have to pay for EVERYTHING, when it comes to Windows. You can get trials or limited use services, but there is always a catch. At the end of the day, I ended up using Serv-U’s personal use FTP Server, but started running into issues since there were multiple users required to log in and manage files. In the end, we ended up purchasing a license to get over this ($$$$$).

Last year I was working on a Gentoo Linux based VMWare server install where I had two VMWare images running. One image was a hardened Gentoo web server and the other was a Windows 2003 server for running ASP/ASP.NET applications for development testing. One of the requirements was to install a FTP server where multiple developers could have access to the box to test code for pre-production.

As most of you know, I’m mainly a Linux guy. I do “some” work with Windows servers, but mostly stay with Gentoo linux servers. Installing a FTP server, in my initial thinking, was “no problem”. I always forget you have to pay for EVERYTHING, when it comes to Windows. You can get trials or limited use services, but there is always a catch. At the end of the day, I ended up using Serv-U’s personal use FTP Server, but started running into issues since there were multiple users required to log in and manage files. In the end, we ended up purchasing a license to get over this ($$$$$).

With today’s sponsored post, I want to talk about Golden FTP Server. Now, I really wish I saw this when I was searching for a good Window’s FTP Server. My requirements were extremely simple. All I needed was a descent FTP server with the ability to handle multiple logins and is free or cheap. Golden FTP Server’s free version has basic functionality (which wouldn’t have met my needs), but the pro version has everything I needed. The difference here, is the cost. Golden FTP Server Pro costs only $29.00 USD, which is totally reasonable. I’ve donated much more than that to free-ware services for Linux in the past, and think that price is quite affordable.

If you’re looking for a simple FTP server for your Window’s server, you might want to give them a look.