Unfortunately, the way Apple has implemented it, not just any network share can be used - the server has to mark it as a Time Machine-capable share. MacOS’s amazing Time Machine feature can make backups either to a local drive (whether connected externally or internally), or to a network share. Nowadays, SMB is the standard protocol regardless of operating system. It uses the SMB protocol, originally a proprietary protocol designed by Microsoft for sharing files between a Windows server and workstation. that enables you to share storage attached to a server with any other device in the network. Samba, in its simplest form, is a program for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows (via WSL), etc.
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