Chapter07 - Chapter 7 Using Windows Servers to Share...

Chapter 7: Using Windows Servers
to Share Information

Sharing Files Using Windows
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A shared folder is a connection point on a file server.
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Users in a Windows Server 2003 domain are able to map these
shared folders as network drives .
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When creating a share, consider the amount of disk space that the
people utilizing the share will need.
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Do not host a shared folder on the same volume as the operating
system . If users fill the shared folder, the operating system may
halt.
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You can have multiple shared folders on a volume.

Sharing Files Using Windows
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You can assign quotas on a per-volume basis. This will limit the
amount of data that an individual user can store on shares.
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If a volume hosts more than one share, the total amount of disk
space that the user uses across all shares on that volume must be less
than the quota.
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Always provision file servers with lots of disk space. Use RAID 1 ,
5 , or 1+0 and back up regularly. Loss of a file server disk can be
catastrophic if data can’t be recovered. If you are properly
prepared, it will be only an annoyance.

Sharing Files
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You can limit the maximum
number of users that can
connect to a share by editing
the share’s properties as
shown.
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Permissions allows you to
restrict which users and
groups can access the share.
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Offline settings allow users to
store shared files on their
laptops and have them
synchronize with the network
version when they next log on.

Shared Printers
• In Windows terminology, a printer is the software
component of the operating system that manages printing.
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A print server is a computer that hosts and manages more
than one printer.
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A print device is the physical printer which outputs pages.
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Printer access can be
restricted on the basis of
time of day.

Shared Printers
• To restrict some users to printing at a particular time, whilst