Specifications

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Virtual Disk Service (VDS) Microsoft VDS is a service that extends existing storage
capabilities of Windows Server operating systems.
volume A logical partition of a RAID’s storage space that contains a
file system. In the default storage configuration of many
SnapServers, eighty percent of the RAID capacity is
allocated to the default volume.
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Microsoft VSS provides a mechanism for creating consistent
point-in-time copies of data known as shadow copies.
Web View The Web-browser screen that opens when users access a
SnapServer using their Web browsers, and displays a list of
all shares.
Windows domain authentication Windows-based networks use a domain controller to store
user credentials. The domain controller can validate all
authentication requests on behalf of other systems in the
domain. The domain controller can also generate encrypted
challenges to test the validity of user credentials. Other
systems use encrypted challenges to respond to CIFS/SMB
clients that request access to a share.
WINS (Windows Internet Naming
Service)
The server that locates network resources in a TCP/IP-
based Windows network by automatically configuring and
maintaining the name and IP address mapping tables.
workgroup A collection of computers that are grouped for sharing
resources such as data and peripherals over a LAN. Each
workgroup is identified by a unique name.
Term Definition