Branch Cache in Windows 7

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Jan 18th @ 11:53 PM | 58,291 Views | 15 Comments

I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Devrim Iyigun to talk about the Branch Cache feature of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.

Branch Cache is really cool – when the first person in a branch location requests a file over the WAN, it will be cached locally for any subsequent requests within the branch.  The cached files can either be distributed across machines in the branch, or centrally on a host server, if one exists.

Set up and enabling the roles is straightforward, and the functionality is all available in the betas today.

check it out!
Tags: branch cache, Top 10, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
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#May 28th @ 6:54 AM
cccsec
cccsec

Nice feature - one more good reason to migration Clients and Servers to the upcoming releases. However, what about write cache, like:

(1) branch office client A requests file from headquarter server

(2) another branch office client B reads the file from client A

(3) client B makes changes to the file

How is the file written back to the headquarter server (like Sharepoint or SMB) ?

(4a) Client B writes the full file back to the headquarter server

(4b) Client B writes only the changed blocks back to the headquarter server

However, reading should already lighten the bandwidth load significantly - so congrats for this feature!!

 

cccsec

#May 30th @ 5:00 AM
jcwilkins
jcwilkins

Can we download a copy of the powerpoint presentation that Devrim used during her discussion?

#Sep 4th @ 8:46 AM
Y. Tuna Zorlu
Y. Tuna Zorlu
CHIP Online Editor

Well maybe can one of you answer my question.

 

As we saw the three lappy over there, one meant to be the server and the others acting like the office mates and one downloads a data from the source and then the other downloads the same data but in seconds.

 

But let u clear our minds.

First Question:

Is that feature enabled as default or we have to make it enabled.

 

Second Question:

Do we have to make each two laptop to be in the same home group that windows 7 serves?

 

 

I appreciate your answer.

Indeed it is a very good presentation. Thanks Adam and Devrim. Wink

 

#Sep 4th @ 10:53 AM
AdamBomb
AdamBomb

this is a feature you need to enable.  It needs to be enabled on your Windows 2008 Server R2 machines, and then has to be enabled on your Win7 clients - most customers will do this via Group Policy.  The feature isn't available for home group machines - it requires Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate edtions.

hope that helps!

#Sep 4th @ 4:23 PM
Y. Tuna Zorlu
Y. Tuna Zorlu
CHIP Online Editor

Hmmm.

 

Group Policy is a litle bit complex. There are lots of entries; but i really can't choose "the one"

 

If you tell us what to do, i ll be very grateful (at least we can test it on our machines)

 

Thanks by the way...

 

Update:

 

Well i found that info from microsoft itself

 

Client : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637820(WS.10).aspx

Server : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637785(WS.10).aspx

Adopters Guide : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637762.aspx

 

Hope that helps. (a little bit confusing)

#Sep 4th @ 4:30 PM
Y. Tuna Zorlu
Y. Tuna Zorlu
CHIP Online Editor

Well i found that presentation on a turkish site.

If it is allowed here it is : http://mshowto.org/images/articleimages/ones/MSHowto_Win7_Sunum.zip  (English presentation)

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