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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

Microsoft Confidential 3 IT departments need to… Provide users with fast, efficient access to files Ensure that costs don’t spiral out of control Enforce corporate policies Manage large, complex storage infrastructures Implement efficient use and effective compliance of storage systems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Server’s availability enhanced Tighter control improves ability to maintain compliance requirements for data storage 11 FSRM DFS NFS SMB2 FCI

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft Confidential Enhanced collaboration with non-Windows clients Leveraging Windows file services through NFS can enhance data availability and reliability for non-Microsoft clients User’s 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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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