Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Windows Server 2012 – File and Storage Services Overview

What’s new on the upcoming Microsoft’s O.S. for servers

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So, there’s not an enormous list of news but some (like Data Deduplication) seems to promise a lot:

Feature

Description

Data Deduplication Saves disk space by storing a single copy of identical data on the volume
iSCSI Target Server Provides block storage to other servers and applications on the network by using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) standard
Storage Spaces and Storage Pools Enables you to virtualize storage by grouping industry-standard disk into storage pools, and then create storage spaces from the available capacity in the storage pools
Unified remote management of File and Storage Services in Server Manager Enables you to remotely manage multiple file servers, including their role services and storage, all from a single window
Windows Powershell cmdlets for Files and Storage Services Provides Windows Powershell cmdlets for performing the majority of administration tasks for file and storage servers

To get a more detailed info about what’s new in Windows Server 2012 concerning File and Storage Services take a look at:
Microsoft Technet - File and Storage Services Overview

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