Windows services file sharing

For details, see SMB 3. Enables rolling cluster upgrades by letting SMB appear to support different max versions of SMB for clusters in the process of being upgraded. Adds native support for querying the normalized name of a file. For details, see FileNormalizedNameInformation. Improves scalability and manageability for Scale-Out File Servers. SMB client connections are tracked per file share instead of per server , and clients are then redirected to the cluster node with the best access to the volume used by the file share.

This improves efficiency by reducing redirection traffic between file server nodes. Clients are redirected following an initial connection and when cluster storage is reconfigured. Windows 8. This results in a significant performance improvement. These improvements are evident when using higher speed network interfaces, such as 40 Gbps Ethernet and 56 Gbps InfiniBand. Enables administrators to perform hardware or software maintenance of nodes in a clustered file server without interrupting server applications storing data on these file shares.

Also, if a hardware or software failure occurs on a cluster node, SMB clients transparently reconnect to another cluster node without interrupting server applications that are storing data on these file shares.

This provides better utilization of network bandwidth and load balancing of the file server clients, and optimizes performance for server applications. Enables aggregation of network bandwidth and network fault tolerance if multiple paths are available between the SMB client and server.

The File and Storage Services role and the Storage Services role service are installed by default, but without any additional role services. This basic functionality enables you to use Server Manager or Windows PowerShell to manage the storage functionality of your servers. However, to set up or manage a file server, you should use the Add Roles and Features Wizard in Server Manager or the Install-WindowsFeature Windows PowerShell cmdlet to install additional File and Storage Services role services, such as the role services discussed in this topic.

Administrators can use the File and Storage Services role to set up and manage multiple file servers and their storage capabilities by using Server Manager or Windows PowerShell. Some of the specific applications include the following:. Storage Spaces - Use to deploy high availability storage that is resilient and scalable by using cost-effective industry-standard disks.

Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles - Use to redirect the path of local folders such as the Documents folder or an entire user profile to a network location, while caching the contents locally for increased speed and availability. Work Folders - Use to enable users to store and access work files on personal PCs and devices, in addition to corporate PCs.

Users gain a convenient location to store work files and access them from anywhere. Organizations maintain control over corporate data by storing the files on centrally managed file servers and optionally specifying user device policies such as encryption and lock screen passwords. Work Folders is a new role service in Windows Server R2. Data Deduplication - Use to reduce the disk space requirements of your files, saving money on storage. Server Manager - Use to remotely manage multiple file servers from a single window.

Windows PowerShell Use to automate the management of the majority of administration tasks for file servers. The following table describes some of the major changes in File and Storage Services functionality that is available in Windows Server R2. The following table describes some of the major changes in File and Storage Services functionality that are available in Windows Server For more information about what else is new in File and Storage Services and related technologies, see the following topics.

By using the Data Deduplication role service to reduce the number of duplicate blocks of data in storage, you can store much more data in a given amount of storage capacity than was possible in previous releases that used Single Instance Storage SIS or NTFS file system compression.

General purpose file servers can typically reduce storage capacity utilization by a ratio for example, files that previously used 1 TB would use GB after data deduplication. Servers that host virtualization data such as VHD files often reduce storage capacity utilization by a ratio, which reduces 1 TB of data to 50 GB. Data deduplication is highly scalable, resource efficient, and nonintrusive. It can run on dozens of large volumes of primary data simultaneously without affecting other workloads on the server.

Low impact on the server workloads is maintained by throttling the CPU and memory resources that are consumed. By using data deduplication jobs, you can schedule when data deduplication should run, specify the resources to duplicate, and tune file selection.

Data integrity and recoverability are maximized through checksum and other algorithms by using selective redundancy. When combined with BranchCache, the same optimization techniques are applied to data that is transferred over the WAN to a branch office. This results in faster file download times and reduced bandwidth consumption.

Data deduplication uses variable-size chunking and compression, which together deliver storage optimization ratios of for general file servers and up to for virtualization data. Windows Server includes Data Deduplication as a role service that you can install and manage by using Server Manager or Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Sharing folders makes them accessible to network users and probably you need to do. When sharing files and folders also you can enable administrators and clients to access the files, folders offline even when the server is off.

Sharing files and managing permissions with advanced settings are one of important strategy an administrator must know. Before start sharing files make sure that the advanced sharing settings is configured correctly from control panel with firewall settings then select the folder you want to share. Select a share profile for the folder you want to share then click Next. Now select the server and select a volume on the server or specify the folder path you want to share.

To share a custom path, choose Type a custom path and browse the folder then click Next. The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures.