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Windows Server 2008 File Services
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Windows Server 2008 File Services

by Microsoft, Inc.
May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
30 pages
1h 21m
English
Microsoft, Inc.
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Task 2: Determine How Many File Servers Will Be Needed

Start the design with a single server, and then add more servers if any of the following requirements necessitate it.

Requirements for Scale Beyond Windows Server Design Limits

The environment may exceed scale limits in Windows Server:

  • Design limits of Windows Server 2008. Very large File Services infrastructures may be constrained by design limitations in Windows Server 2008. For example, the maximum size of an NTFS volume is 16 terabytes, and the maximum number of files that can be held on an NTFS volume is 4,294,967,295 files. These limitations are listed in Appendix B: "Capacity and Scaling." Compare the design limitations with the requirements for the infrastructure to determine whether ...

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