Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008: Implementation and Administration

6.3. Summary

In this chapter you learned about the new disk, file, and volume management tools that are part of Windows Server 2008. On the surface it looks as if Windows Server 2008's new file tools are simply a repackaging exercise. However, Microsoft has greatly simplified the system administrator's job by consolidating the toolkit into just a few locations. The new Server Manager is a substantial improvement over previous management tools and will likely be the focus of nearly all of your operations in that area.

When you look under the hood, you find that there are numerous changes to many of the technologies involving storage. Some are almost invisible, such as the new SMB 2.0 (aka Microsoft Windows Network); others are operationally noticeable, ...