File Services Role

The File Services server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system provides technologies that help manage storage, enable file replication, manage shared folders, ensure fast file searching, and enable access for UNIX client computers.

The following topics describe changes in File Services functionality available in this release:

• Access-based Enumeration
  
  
• Distributed File System
  
  
• File Server Resource Manager
  
  
• Windows Server Backup
  
  
• Services for Network File System
  
  
• Storage Manager for SANs
  
  
• Transactional NTFS
  
  
• Self-Healing NTFS
  
  
• Symbolic Linking