| Beyond new replication capabilities are a host of rich new features and services that Microsoft has been touting for a long time, including identity and access management, storage management, and better application development inside and outside an organization's traditional boundaries.
Robust File Replication: R2 includes a completely rewritten replication engine for the Distributed File System (DFS). DFS Replication (DFS-R) provides a robust multimaster file replication service, which is significantly more scalable and efficient in synchronizing file servers than its predecessor, File Replication Services (FRS). DFS-R schedules and throttles replication schemes, supports multiple replication topologies, and utilizes (RDC) to increase WAN efficiency. If WAN connections fail, data can be stored and forwarded when WAN connections become available. |
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