Microsoft Confidential Overview of File Services in Windows
Server 2008 R2 Distributed Access to Files Centralized management
of data across platforms Scalability, increased productivity 2
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Microsoft Confidential 3 IT departments need to Provide users
with fast, efficient access to files Ensure that costs dont spiral
out of control Enforce corporate policies Manage large, complex
storage infrastructures Implement efficient use and effective
compliance of storage systems
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Microsoft Confidential 4 Addressing file server challenges with
Distributed access to files Better access to files Efficient use of
storage for file services Non-Windows platforms access Windows File
services Faster, more efficient file operations Centralized
management of data across platforms Simplified data access Improved
compliance and control Enhanced management Optimized bandwidth File
management based on policies, classification, or location
Scalability, increased productivity Improve productivity, data
availability Better tools to plan growth Enhanced collaboration
with non-Windows clients Flexibility, compatibility with SMB2.x
Extensible File Classification Infrastructure
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Microsoft Confidential Better access to files Many
organizations have hundreds of file servers Shared files often
distributed across a WAN Managing file infrastructure becomes an IT
challenge and space, money, time is wasted DFS can help
organizations manage their file infrastructure more efficiently and
easily 5 FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI \\Contoso \Office Documents \User
data \Software \Videos \Resource Files
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Microsoft Confidential 6 Efficient use of storage for file
services Better monitoring, alerts, services for remote storage
Better information Tighter controls, more efficient use of time
Lower costs with existing hardware, reduced time FSRM DFS NFS SMB2
FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Non-Windows access to Windows File
services NFS lets administrators push file-service specific admin
requirements onto Windows-based servers Rather than recreating or
maintaining wholly separate file protection, admins can remove
these components, simplify their management. 7 FSRMDFS SMB2 FCI
NFS
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Microsoft Confidential Faster, more efficient file operations
SMB2 compresses file operations into more efficient packets,
minimizes time required to complete file operations Improved packet
security processing Feature implementation less prone to error
Improvements help end-user productivity 8 Pre-Vista ? ? ? Vista ? ?
? Write Request ? Write Response Open Dir Query Dir Query Volume
Close Dir Response Response Satisfied from SMB2 client cache Open
Dir Query Dir Query Volume Close Dir Response Response Query Dir
Query Volume FSRMDFS FCI NFS SMB2
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Microsoft Confidential File management based on policies, not
location File management by policy helps drive efficiencies of file
classification IT can support categories of files across the file
servers regardless of physical location Emphasis now on
business-critical nature of the data not on simply storing files
Automatically apply corporate requirements for managing data based
on business value Easily modify policies, introduce new tools to
support classification in order to manage their files 9 FSRMDFS NFS
SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential 10 Distributed File System (DFS) offers
storage management platform to meet challenges faced by users DFS
provides uniform naming convention and mapping for collections of
servers, shares, and files Distributed File System Platform for
management of shares and file infrastructures FSRM DFS NFS SMB2
FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Improved compliance and control Quota
management, file screening can help restrict unproductive data
(e.g. undesirable filetypes & executables) from being stored on
file servers Servers availability enhanced Tighter control improves
ability to maintain compliance requirements for data storage 11
FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Enhanced management through reporting
Windows Server 2008 provides better controls to keep unwanted data
out Includes tools to better manage vital data Migration, policy
enforcement technologies enable better resource management and
ability to plan for growth within non-Microsoft segments of
organization 12 FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Satisfied from SMB2 client cache Open
Dir Query Dir Query Volume Close Dir Response Response Query Dir
Query Volume Optimized bandwidth SMB2 requires fewer communications
across the network More resiliency to network connectivity issues =
less bandwidth being consumed Use SMB2 to assign quality of
assurance measures to give higher priority to resources needing
them the most Bandwidth used less and more efficiently 13 FSRMDFS
FCI NFS SMB2
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Microsoft Confidential 14 File management based on
classification Files in File Servers can be more intelligently
protected and managed based upon existing business taxonomy File
data aligns to business value classifications More protection for
business critical files Auto expiration of non-essential data saves
time, resources Tight integration with SharePoint Services FSRMDFS
NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Improve productivity, data availability
Businesses need to ensure maximum access to information, ability to
share information DFS helps accomplish this by maximizing data
availability 15 File virtualization up to 60,000 links via DFS-N
engine (R2) 12x environments 2 64 users files and shares supported
2x environments 10x file access throughput (SMB2.0) 4x Concurrent
File downloads (DFS-R) 30% reduction in bandwidth utilization 2x
node clusters (16) Network load balance (IPv6 support) Provides 10x
significant performance Supports double the number of users, files
and shares Faster disk I/O in clustered setups (support of GPT
disks) When compared to Windows 2003 FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Better tools to plan growth File Server
Resource Management (FSRM) provides better controls to keep
unwanted data out Enhanced tools to help manage data that you want
in Reporting and ability to set enforceable, network storage
policies enable planning for future growth, reduced TCO 16 FSRM DFS
NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Enhanced collaboration with non-Windows
clients Leveraging Windows file services through NFS can enhance
data availability and reliability for non-Microsoft clients Users
unstructured data will have access to Windows Server protection
technologies (DFS Replication, Volume Shadow Copy) and storage
technologies (File Services Resource Manager) 17 FSRMDFS SMB2 FCI
NFS
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Microsoft Confidential 18 Protocol compatibility SMB2 no longer
depends on dialect- specific code to function properly Efficiency
Protocol streamlined, requiring fewer local resources to process,
more flexibility for future development Scale New code structure
allows the protocol to scale better Error free, easy support.
Increased compatibility = protocol is easier to support and less
prone to error FSRMDFS FCI NFS SMB2
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Microsoft Confidential Extensible infrastructure Windows File
Classification Infrastructure lets ISVs build rich solutions for
classifying files and applying policy based on classification
Infrastructure helps bridge between different ISV offerings
products that classify files can work with products that consume
the file classification IT can build in-house solutions to plug
into Classification Infrastructure and interoperate with ISV
product offerings 19 ISV Partner File Classification Infrastructure
FSRMDFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of
the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to
changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a
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Microsoft Confidential 22 FSRM DFS FCI NFS SMB2
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Microsoft Confidential Better access to data DFS Namespaces and
Replication can help manage file infrastructure much more
efficiently and easily; only changes made to a file are replicated
across WAN, so more efficient WAN usage; Centralized remote branch
data backups with DFS replication; simplified management of DFS
Replication and DFS Namespaces with DFS Management MMC snap-in;
Scalable, reliable, multi-master replication solution Simplified
access to files High availability using DFS Replication; ease of
data access with Namespace virtualization; local access for users
without crossing WAN; easy to publish content to branch locations;
pre-stage new servers Increased productivity and data availability
Spread file servers out across groups of file server hardware
nodes; centralize IT tasks from a remote branches; structure data
sets so different teams can access overall corporate data 23 FSRM
DFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Let non-Windows clients access Windows
File Services Use Services for NFS to enable computers running
Windows Server 2008 to access UNIX file resources when the file
servers are running NFS software; run Services for NFS on 64-bit
editions of Windows Server 2008; use NFS to extend mixed
environment file services and make it possible to gain the benefits
of DFS Replication Increase productivity Supports mixed
environments with file & block services that support cross-
platform communications; enable UNIX-based client computers to
access Windows resources Enhance management capabilities NFS
provides access to reporting functionality in FSRM so managers can
better plan and strategize for future growth needs, as well as
better manage existing usage for segments of their network; IT can
set quotas for storage usage 24 FSRMDFS SMB2 FCI NFS
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Microsoft Confidential Faster, more efficient SMB2 uses credit
system for negotiating between clients and servers for better
managed client-side requests; servers grant credits to clients
based on workload requirement; pipelined read/writes let SMB2 to
queue larger file requests and then take advantage of available
connections Optimize network bandwidth Better manage number of
outstanding requests at any one time; improvements to packet
headers allows multiple, unrelated commands to be rolled-up into
one packet; new commands require fewer communications
back-and-forth across network Greater flexibility, compatibility
SMB2 provides way to limit the number of open connections a client
can open so protocol can effectively scale with increasing client
requests; enhanced header and command structure helps simplify
client/server negotiations and produces a more stable environment
for sessions 25 FSRMDFS FCI NFS SMB2
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Microsoft Confidential Efficient use of storage for file
services Provides reporting for Least Accessed Files and Duplicate
Files; automates quota assignments; easy to use Improved compliance
and control Enhanced security with file screening; minimized
storage abuse; reduced time spent managing file services Better
planning tools FSRM reporting functions enable better planning and
strategizing for future growth; storage policies allow for clearer
standards and greater user awareness of usage; FSRM can help IT
reduce spending on new file server hardware and personnel needed to
maintain that hardware 26 FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI
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Microsoft Confidential Automate business processes
Classification enables manual processes used in business to be
automated, allowing for file management based on corporate
requirements; easily classify files based on location; apply data
management policies based on file classification; apply
classification taxonomy across all Microsoft file stores, including
SharePoint, Windows File Servers Built-in file management Out of
the box, administrators can classify files so that the files in
File Servers can be more intelligently protected and managed based
upon existing business taxonomy Leverage rich partner ecosystem FCI
is a platform for the development of extensible end-to-end
solutions; partners and/or IT administrators can build
functionality to apply policy based on properties; 3rd party ISVs
can leverage file classification technologies to build data
management solutions 27 FSRMDFS NFS SMB2 FCI