Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

This white paper describes the basic architecture of the Single Instance Storage (SIS) feature of the Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 operating system. This feature helps organizations reduce storage needs for file servers by identifying duplicate files within hard disk volumes and providing an efficient mechanism for consolidating them

This document describes important tuning parameters and settings that can result in improved performance for Microsoft Network File Systems running on your Microsoft Windows Server 2003 system. Each setting and its potential effect are described to help you make an informed judgment about its relevance to the system, workload, and performance goals.

This whitepaper takes a look at a new consolidation strategy that combines data replication software and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 based NAS devices - a solution offered by LEGATO Software and Microsoft. This strategy is a new paradigm for branch office data protection, offering improvements in how vital data is protected in remote locations while significantly reducing the cost to protect and manage those information assets.