https://rdr-it.com/en/tag/files/System administration, virtualization, security and tools for IT professionals.en-USThu, 15 Oct 2026 15:23:59 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/erugo-deploying-a-self-hosted-file-sharing-solution/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/erugo-deploying-a-self-hosted-file-sharing-solution/Learn how to replace WeTransfer with Erugo: an open-source, self-hosted and fully controlled file transfer solution.https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-save-access-to-files-and-folders/Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:48:31 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-save-access-to-files-and-folders/In this tutorial, we will discover a feature built into Windows: auditing access to files and folders. This feature allows you to log all successful or failed access …https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-create-a-text-file-and-write-in-it/Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-create-a-text-file-and-write-in-it/In this “small” tutorial, I will explain how to create a text file in Powershell and then how to write content in it. In this tutorial, we will see 4 Powershell Cmdlets:https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-show-the-contents-of-a-text-file/Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-show-the-contents-of-a-text-file/In this tutorial, I will show you how to display the contents of a text file (txt, yaml, php, vbs…) in a PowerShell window. In fact, it’s very simple, just use the Cmdlet …https://rdr-it.com/en/ncdu-analyze-disk-space-in-command-line-on-linux/Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/ncdu-analyze-disk-space-in-command-line-on-linux/In this “’little” tutorial, I will explain how to view and analyze the space in the command line on Linux with ncdu. If you are adapted from WinDirStat or TreeSize on …https://rdr-it.com/en/dfs-delete-a-namespace-on-windows-server/Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/dfs-delete-a-namespace-on-windows-server/In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DFS namespace on Windows Server. In the vast majority of cases, you won’t normally need this tutorial ;) Although this …https://rdr-it.com/en/installation-and-configuration-deduplication-with-windows-2016-2019-2022/Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/installation-and-configuration-deduplication-with-windows-2016-2019-2022/Deduplication is a feature that saves disk space on a volume by grouping identical sectors together. It is not recommended to enable deduplication on volumes hosting …https://rdr-it.com/en/dfs-replication-installation-and-configuration/Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/dfs-replication-installation-and-configuration/Presentation DFS Replication allows you to set up a replication of a folder between several servers. There are “two types of replications”. One-way replication This type …https://rdr-it.com/en/veeam-file-recovery-from-volume-with-deduplication/Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/veeam-file-recovery-from-volume-with-deduplication/Windows deduplication issue When you want to restore a file from a volume with deduplication enabled, you get the following error messages: Veeam : Copying data from …https://rdr-it.com/en/vbs-delete-all-files-with-the-same-extension-in-a-folder/Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/vbs-delete-all-files-with-the-same-extension-in-a-folder/The next two lines of code allow you to delete all files with a particular extension in a folder. Set obj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-configuring-dynamic-access-control-dac/Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-configuring-dynamic-access-control-dac/In this tutorial, I suggest you discover the dynamic access control available on Windows Server in an Active Directory environment. Before getting to the heart of the …https://rdr-it.com/en/classification-management-file-server-resource-manager-fsrm/Wed, 07 Oct 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/classification-management-file-server-resource-manager-fsrm/Overview of classification management In this tutorial, I will introduce you to Classification Management on a Windows File Server and how to set it up. Classification is …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-install-the-file-server-resource-manager-fsrm/Wed, 30 Sep 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-install-the-file-server-resource-manager-fsrm/Installing the FSRM role In this ‘how to’ tutorial, we will see how to install the File Server Resource Manager role which provides additional functionality to file …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-apply-quotas-on-folders/Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-apply-quotas-on-folders/Introduction In this tutorial, I will explain how to apply quotas on a file server with the File Server Resource Manager. A quota is a quantity (volume) of disk space …https://rdr-it.com/en/work-folders-installation-and-configuration/Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:25:10 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/work-folders-installation-and-configuration/Presentation The Work Folders feature allows you to set up a personal folder synchronized with a file server in HTTP (s) using a client available on Windows, Android and …https://rdr-it.com/en/file-server-resource-manager-fsrm-files-filter/Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:54:18 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/file-server-resource-manager-fsrm-files-filter/File Server Resource Manager Overview In this tutorial, I will introduce the File Server Resource Manager FSRM, which is a feature of the File Server role. FSRM allows …https://rdr-it.com/en/branchcache-installation-and-configuration/Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:00:29 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/branchcache-installation-and-configuration/In this tutorial, we will set up a cache system on file servers to speed up access for remote sites. For that we will set up the BranchCache solution. BranchCache is an …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-view-open-files-on-network-shares/Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:00:28 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-server-view-open-files-on-network-shares/Learn how to view currently open files on a Windows server's network shares using built-in tools like Server Manager. Ideal for system administration and network …https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-storage-usage-report/Wed, 27 Feb 2019 03:00:29 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-file-server-storage-usage-report/Introduction The file server resource manager on Windows can generate reports on storage usage: Duplicate files Files by group (images / music / office …) Modification …https://rdr-it.com/en/optimize-the-space-of-sql-server-databases/Sun, 24 Feb 2019 03:00:56 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/optimize-the-space-of-sql-server-databases/In this tutorial I will show how to optimize the space used by databases. The optimization of the space is done in two stages: On the database: internal data optimization …