Overview

Using Windows Server 2008 under the File Services role, you lot can install:

File Server – Allows you to share files and folders using the Share and Storage direction Console
Distributed File Arrangement (DFS)  – Allows you to replicate copies of the shared folders on multiple servers under one namespace
File Services Resources Manager (FSRM) – Allows you to monitor the files and set quotas
Netowork File Organisation (NFS) – Allows you to set upward Samba shares to share files with Linux and Unix systems
Server 2003 File Services – Allows backwards compatibility

Installing File Services

  1. Go to the Server Manager > On the left column select Roles and in the main window area click on Add Roles
  2. In the Add Roles Magician under Server Roles put a check in the checkbox nether File Services
  3. Now nether Files Services > Role Services select the services that yous want to install under File Services. Select the post-obit and click next:
    – File Server
    – Distributed File System, DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication
    – File Server Resource Manager
    – Services for Network File System (This is useful if you will accept linux users on the network)
    – File Replication Service (if it is available)
  4. Under DFS Namespaces select "Create a namespace later using the DFS Management snap-in…" and click next
  5. Click adjacent nether Storage Monitoring
  6. In the Confirmation window click Install and Shut

Video Tutorial

In this video I install File Services and fix a shared binder

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