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Data Centers

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

By Bill Detwiler June 5, 2006, 6:31 AM PDT on Twitter billdetwiler

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Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Windows Server 2003 R2 introduces several new storage features. This gallery’s 22 screenshots showcase these new tools and features, including: the SAN console; File Server Resource Manager; template-based quota management; and more.

The new Storage Management for SANs console gives administrators basic SAN administration capabilities without the complexity usually associated with SAN administration.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The File Server Resource Manager is a new administrative tool that groups all of the utilities needed for managing a file server into one console.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Quota Management is now template based.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

You have the option of either using a template or enforcing a custom quota. You also have the option of applying quotas to a specific path.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The quota templates can be used to set hard or soft quotas as well as warning thresholds.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

File screens allow you to prevent users from saving specific file types within a designated path.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The file screening utility uses templates to define general file screen types such as audio files or executable files.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Here’s another view of the file type definitions.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Windows now contains a wide variety of file management reports that you can run against any volume on the server.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Reports can be scheduled to run at a specific time.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

Reports can be automatically e-mailed to an administrator once they have run.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

This is what the Most Recently Accessed Files report looks like in DHTML format. The reports can be produced in other formats as well, such as HTML and CSV.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The Size by File Group is another handy report.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

If you need to free up some disk space, the Least Accessed Files report can be helpful.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

You can also view the number of files in each file group on a per user basis.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

You can finally see a report of all of the duplicate files on your server.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The File Server management console is another new tool. Notice that the File Server Resource Manager is integrated into it.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

You can manage shared resources directly through this console.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The console also allows full DFS namespace management.

Windows Server 2003 R2’s New Storage Management Features

The Disk Manager and Disk Defragmenter are also a part of this console.

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