DFS-R and Remote Differential Compression
Hi,
I have read that Remote Differential Compression is used in DFS-R, yet if you install the role of file server/DFS-R. The feature remote differential compression does not seem to be ticked, yet I thought this was what DFS-R leverages off. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Hi HavokX,
Remote differential compression (RDC) is a new protocol that is used for DFS-R from Windows Server 2003 R2,it is a“diff-over-the-wire” protocol that can be used to efficiently update files over a limited-bandwidth network.
Because disabling RDC can help conserve disk input/output (I/O) and CPU resources, you might want to disable RDC on a connection if the sending and receiving members are in a local area network (LAN), and bandwidth use is not a concern. However, in a LAN environment where bandwidth is contended, RDC can be beneficial when transferring large files.
To enable or disable RDC for a specific connection, please refer to:
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DFS Management.
2. In the console tree, under the Replication node, click the replication group that contains the connection you want to edit.
3. In the details pane, click the Connections tab.
4. Right-click the connection, click Properties, and then on the General tab, select or clear the Use remote differential compression (RDC) check box
Thanks a lot.
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Hi HavokX,
Remote differential compression (RDC) is a new protocol that is used for DFS-R from Windows Server 2003 R2,it is a“diff-over-the-wire” protocol that can be used to efficiently update files over a limited-bandwidth network.
Because disabling RDC can help conserve disk input/output (I/O) and CPU resources, you might want to disable RDC on a connection if the sending and receiving members are in a local area network (LAN), and bandwidth use is not a concern. However, in a LAN environment where bandwidth is contended, RDC can be beneficial when transferring large files.
To enable or disable RDC for a specific connection, please refer to:
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DFS Management.
2. In the console tree, under the Replication node, click the replication group that contains the connection you want to edit.
3. In the details pane, click the Connections tab.
4. Right-click the connection, click Properties, and then on the General tab, select or clear the Use remote differential compression (RDC) check box
Thanks a lot.
