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A file server is a computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files (such as documents, sound files, photographs, movies, images, databases, etc.) that can be accessed by the clients that are attached to the same computer network.

The term server highlights the role of the machine in the client–server scheme, where the clients are the endpoints using the storage. A file server is not intended to perform computational tasks, and does not run programs on behalf of its clients. It is designed primarily to enable the storage and retrieval of data while the computation is carried out by the workstations.

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FSRM move old files to network drive

My file server is getting full. How can I use FSRM (File Server Resource Manager 2012R2) to move old files to another server? I can map a network drive on the file server. But when creating an expired file task, the FSRM won't let me select the…
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Issue with shadow copies in 2012 R2 file server cluster

I have recently created a 2012 R2 file server cluster, and am trying to enable shadow copies. When I right click the drive containing user data within the failover cluster manager, and click properties, I can go to the Shadow Copies tab. If I select…
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FTP Server keeps getting connections from router every few seconds

Background / Network Structure The are two layers of routers. The router at the outer layer has public Internet IP 123.123.123.123 (fake as example) and private IP 192.168.11.1. The router at the inner layer, which is also a client of the outer…
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Security risks with storing unsafe files in cloud storage?

I have a basic cloud storage solution for files where a user can upload/download files. I'm storing the files as regular files in the file system like this: User uploads "launchattack.exe" -> saved as…
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Should File Server / 3rd Party Softwares / IIS be installed on separate VMs?

I'm preparing for my mcsa 70-410 and managing our new server (Windows Server 2012 R2). We are a network of 125 users. I wanted to know if it would be alright to host File server + IIS roles and install 3rd party ERP applications on it?? Will there…
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Windows file server got slow response and high latency even ping localhost by running about 7 days after rebooting

We have a file server of Windows Server 2012 R2 on DELL PowerEdge R720, and get a very weird issue in recent days about network/disk performance. The box have a RAID-1 disk group for OS (disk0) under DELL H730P controller, and a SAN storage for Data…
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Folders got randomly deleted

I currently have a Windows Server 2012 R2 vm. This vm has a DFS share which is used as a file repository. It has been working flawlessly for about 4 years, however suddenly a bunch of random folders simply disappeared. It appears that they were…
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Most efficient way to serve a single file for entire server block?

I have a subdomain for which only 1 single file will ever be served for any and all purposes. Sample Reference: server{ listen 80; server_name one.example.com; return 200 'hello'; } Instead of a string, what…
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Backup Exec 2012 - Can only see Server 2012R2 Quorum Node

I'm currently trying to get BE2012 to backup or restore to a 2 node failover cluster running on Server 2012R2. The cluster itself only serves a single file server role, which is behaving itself and is visible to clients in the test environment. The…
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Password protect a share folder on windows server 2012

How to add a password on a share folder on windows server 2012 that grants access to 2-3 people in the domain
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Storage/backups options for a small business server running a file server

We are upgrading our storage capacity and backup procedure where I work, and I would like to have your input on this. We currently have a Windows Server (HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8: Xeon quad-core 3.3 ghz, 8gb ram) that handles file sharing for the…
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What is the safest way to turn off DFSR, when one node has been powered off for months

We have two file servers that are standalone. We use DFSR to replicate data from server 1 to server 2. Server 2 has been powered down for some time now, and I am hesitant to turn it back on, in case it causes issues with DFS trying to reconcile the…
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Windows server 2008 File Server problems

First of all i would like to apolagies for my lack of knowladge in this matter but with your help i hope i can fix the problem. Here's the situation: We have a Windows 2008R2 Server running Databases, File Server, DNS Server and AD controller (I…
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Upgraded Wintel Environment from 2003 to 2012R2, now only 2 Win10 clients can't see network shares or print, all other 78 W7Pro can

Over the last week I've migrated all of our services running on Server 2003 to our 2012R2 environment successfully. This included: AD, DHCP, DNS, Print server, File serving using the migration tool, and in the environment all PC's work well, except…
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FSRM File Screening: allow to delete old files

As a result of a new company policy, I've to apply File Screening for audio and video files on the corporate NAS, specifically on the profiles of the users . I've made some tests, and it works perfectly, except for the users not being able to delete…
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