Windows Server 2012 R2 – What’s new in Storage Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 – What’s new in Storage Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 is at the heart of the Microsoft Cloud OS and provides a unique server and
datacenter platform that allows you to easily and cost-effectively cloud optimize your business. This articles will provide an overview of what’s new Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 including it’s features, File server features and other Enhancements:
Windows Server 2012 & Windows Storage Server 2012:
Great Storage Improvements with 2012!
- Storage Spaces
- 64-node clusters
- SMB3
- Scale-Out File Server
- 8,000 VMs per Cluster
- Offload Data Transfer
- Dedup
- Hyper-V Replica
- Virtual Fibre Channel
- VM Prioritization
- ReFS
- Cluster-Aware Updating
- iSCSI Target Server
- VM Storage Migration
- VHDX
New Approach to Storage:
Strategic shifts to reducing storage costs with Windows Server 2012 Software-Defined Storage
New Storage Features in 2012 R2:
Software-Defined Storage Appliances
Introducing Work Folders
Allow information workers to access their individual data
… that is centrally located on a traditional file server
… from all of their devices
… from wherever they are
… while remaining in compliance with policies
SMB3 – File Server Features
- SMB Transparent Failover – Continuous availability
- SMB Scale-Out – Active/active clusters with auto-rebalancing
- SMB Multichannel – Network fault tolerance and throughput
- SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) – Low latency, low CPU utilization
- SMB Encryption – Security in flight, without IPSec or PKI
- Directory Leasing – Coherent caching of file and folder metadata
- VSS for SMB File Shares – Application-consistent backup/restore
- SMB PowerShell and VMM Support – Manage and automate
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