5 File server management
This chapter begins by identifying new or improved
fi
le services in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2. The
remainder of the chapter describes the many tasks and utilities that play a role in
fi
le server management.
New or improved
fi
le services features in Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2
Distributed File System
The Distributed File System (DFS) solution in Windows Storage Server R2 provides simpli
fi
ed, fault-tolerant
access to
fi
les and WAN-friendly replication. DFS consists of two technologies:
•
DFS Namespaces, formerly known as Distributed File System, allows administrators to group
shared folders located on different servers and present them to users as a virtual tree of folders
known as a namespace. A namespace provides numerous bene
fi
ts, including increased
availability of data, load sharing, and simpli
fi
ed data migration.
•
DFS Replication, the successor to File Replication Service (FRS), is a new state-based, multi-master
replication engine that supports scheduling and bandwidth throttling. DFS Replication uses a new
compression algorithm known as Remote Differential Compression (RDC). RDC is a “diff over
the wire” protocol that can be used to ef
fi
ciently update
fi
les over a limited-bandwidth network.
RDC detects insertions, removals, and rearrangements of data in
fi
les, enabling DFS Replication
to replicate only the deltas (changes) when
fi
les are updated.
The HP Storage Server Management Console provides access to DFS management tasks.
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