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March 2006 - Posts

How client failback works in DFS Namespaces
Hi, this is Sanjoy Chatterjee, program manager for DFS Namespaces here to talk about client failback. Several branch office failure scenarios can result in client being bound indefinitely to a remote server even after availability to their local, preferred Read More...
Why Windows 9x clients cannot access DFS consolidation roots
In 2004 we released the File Server Migration toolkit along with a new DFS feature known as consolidation roots (described in this KB article ). In the FSMT documentation we specifically state that Windows 9x clients cannot access consolidation roots. Read More...
Explorer refresh issues for shared folders accessed using DFS paths
Several newsgroup customers have recently reported Explorer refresh issues when connecting to shared folders using a DFS path. For example, if you connect to a shared folder directly (without using the namespace) and create a file or rename a file in Read More...
Staging Folder Guidelines for DFS Replication
Hi, this is Shobana Balakrishnan here to talk about staging folders in DFS Replication. Staging folders are used to (a) isolate the files from the changes on the file system, and (b) amortize the cost of compression and computing RDC hashes across multiple Read More...
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Simpler Tiered Storage Solutions for Windows Hosts with Hitachi Data Systems (Level 200)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time With the addition of new storage capabilities built into the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform, there are many business reasons to upgrade your server operating system. This webcast shows Read More...
TechNet Webcast: Choosing a Storage Solution: Windows Server 2003 or Windows Storage Server 2003? (Level 300)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time Shola Aluko, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation, will host a webcast that compares the storage features of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with those of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003. Read More...
What’s new with SMB in Windows Vista
[We've had several customers ask us about SMB 2.0. Many thanks to Navjot Virk and Prashanth Prahalad providing this post. --Jill] Vista comes with a major revision of the SMB protocol identified as SMB 2.0. The existing SMB 1.0 protocol was built to support Read More...
How FSRM quotas are affected when subfolders are moved from one folder to another
A customer recently tested FSRM and noticed the following, “In our testing, we have two root folders, A and B, with separate quota policies for each. If we move a subfolder of A to B, we don’t see the moved subfolder get the B policy. It seems to maintain Read More...
Using File Server Resource Manager on server clusters
Several customers have asked about gotchas or other limitations for using File Server Resource Manager on server clusters. Georgi Matev, the program manager for this feature, responds: FSRM quotas are fully supported on clustered file servers. We’ve tried Read More...
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deployed File Server Resource Manager (Level 300)
With the increasing demand on storage resources, information technology (IT) administrators must oversee larger and more complex storage infrastructures yet still track the kinds of information available in it. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 File Server Read More...
What You've Been Waiting For: ReadFRS.vbs!
Recently Shobana Balakrishnan, our DFS Replication program manager, hosted a webcast to discuss migrating FRS replica sets to DFS Replication in Windows Server 2003 R2. In this webcast she describes a script (ReadFRS.vbs) that can be used to migrate FRS Read More...
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