3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving Administration Guide (T5392-96019, July 2008)

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Introduction
TheHPPolyServeSoftwareforWindowsFileServing(HPPolyServe
Software)andPolyServeMatrixServerprovidescalabilityandhigh
availabilityfortheCommonInternetFileSystem(CIFS).CIFSisa
variationoftheServerMessageBlock(SMB)protocol.ItrunsoverTCP/IP
andiscommonlyusedonWi ndows systemstosharefiles
remotely.
NOTE: Inpreviousreleases,HPPolyServeSoftwareforWindowsFile
ServingwasknownastheMatrixFileServingSolutionPackfor
CIFS,orMxFSforCIFS.
HPPolyServeSoftwarefilesharescanbedeployedintwoways:with
VirtualCIFSServersthatprovidefailoversupportorwithMatrixFile
Sharesthatenable
connectionloadbalancing.
WithbothVirtualCIFSServersandMatrixFileShares,thedatatobe
sharedisstoredontheMatrixServerPSFSfilesystem.Thedatacanbe
placedinsharedsubdirectoriesthatareonelevelunderthefilesystem
path.CIFSclientscanthenattachdirectlytothesubdirectories.
HP
PolyServeSoftwaresupportsupto5000activesubdirectorysharesper
nodeatanytime.
EachVirtualCIFSServerisassociatedwithoneormoreVirtualFile
Shares.VirtualFileSharesandMatrixFileSharesincludemonitorsthat
periodicallycheckaccess tothePSFSfilesystem.Thematrixsoftware
supportsupto
128HPPolyServemonitors,includ ingVirtualFileShare
andMatrixFileSharemonitors.