If you are going to use Windows Server as a file server then it is a good idea to make use of the File Server Resource Manager. The File Server Resource Manager is a tool that was introduced in ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Have you ever noticed that your file server storage space has quickly run out after upgrading the file server storage device? Your management might say: "Our employees are doing a great job! They are ...

Classify data on Windows Servers and use automated storage location and retention policies to comply with business and regulatory requirements. While many businesses work with SharePoint Server to ...

Win2003 R2 has some neat new things in store for…well, storage. A lot of these new things revolve around the new File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) console, a very nice, ...

Remember WinFS – Windows Future Storage? Once upon a time, this was a planned radical enhancement to the Windows file system that was going to be part of Vista. It turned out to be far too ambitious, ...

Recently we took a look at quotas in Server 2008, and I mentioned that there are two kinds: File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas, and the older NTFS kind. The FSRM console seems to provide no ...

The Windows File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) is new to the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2, which was made available last month and is due to be released in October. FCI is a ...