1. Key Terms Windows 2008 Network Infrastructure Confiuguration Lesson 6
Distributed File System (DFS)
WIN310
Summer 2011
Key Terms

2. Distributed File System
Windows Server 2008 role that allows for a unified file namespace across multiple physical servers, as well as file replication between servers.
Distributed File System

3. Physical servers that host data represented within a DFS namespace.
DFS targets

4. Partition that can host the computer's operating system.
Primary Partition

5. Partition that can host data, but not the computer operating system.
Extended Partition

6. Windows service that allows computers to share files with other network users and computers.
DFS server service

7. Virtual view of shared folders on different servers as provided by the Distributed File System service.
Namespace

8. DFS server that stores the configuration of a particular DFS namespace.
Namespace Server

9. Single Master Replication
Replication model that can only accept data writes from a single primary server.
Single Master Replication

10. Collection of DFS servers that replicate data between each other.
Replication Group

11. Single server within a DFS replication group.
Member

12. Replication model in which each member server replicates data with every other member server.
Full Mesh Topology

13. Replication model in which a small number of central servers maintain connections with remote servers, but remote servers do not replicate directly with one another
Hub/Spoke Topology

14. Multiple master replication
Replication model that can accept data writes from multiple servers, not just a single primary server.
Multiple master replication

15. Remote Differential Compression
Replication protocol used by DFS in Windows Server 2008
Remote Differential Compression

16. DFS Feature that allows clients to be referred to alternate servers if one server is not available and then be referred back to the most appropriate server when it comes back online.
Client failback