HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Storage Server Administration Guide (WSS R2 version, March 2006)

Figure 13 HP Storag e Ser ver Mana g em en t Console, DFS Man a gement
For m ore information on DFS, refer to the online Help. A Microsoft document titled Overview of the
Distributed File System Solution in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 is available for download
at h
ttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d etails.aspx?familyid=5E547C69-D224-4423-8EAC-
18D5883E7BC2&displaylang=en. This document describes the benefits, features, and requirements of
the Distributed File System solution in Windows Server 2003 R2.
File Server Management Console
The File Server Management (FSM) snap-in provides a centralized tool for managing your file server. A
file server provides a central lo cation on your net work where you c an store and share files with users
across your net work. Using the FS M snap-in, you can perform many file server management tasks, such
as formatting volumes, creating shares, defragmenting volumes, creating and m anaging shares, setting
quota limits, creating storage utilization reports, replicating data to and from the file server, ma naging
StorageAreaNetworks(SANs),andsharingfiles with UNIX and Macintosh systems.
Storag e Manager for SANs
The Storage Manager for SANs (also called Simple SAN) snap-in enables you to create and manage the
LUNs that are used to allocate space on storage arrays. Storage Manager for SANs can be used on
SANs that support Virtual D isk Server (VDS). It can be used in both Fibre Channel and iSCSI environments.
For more information on Storage Manager for SANs, refer to the online H elp. A Microsoft d ocument
titled Storage Management in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2: File Server Resource Manager and
Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks is available at h
ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/
7/4/7/7472bf9b-3023-48b7-87be-d2cedc38f15a/WS03R2_Storage_Management.doc.
Single Instance Storage
Single Instance Storage (SIS) provides a copy-on-write link between multiple files. Disk space is recovered
by reducing the amount of redundant data stored on a server. If a user has two files sharing disk stora ge
by using SIS, and someone modifies one of the files, users of the other files do not see the changes. The
underlying shared disk storage that backs SIS links is ma intained by the system and is only deleted if
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