How to create a file share in Windows 2012

  If you want to setup a file share in Window 2012 you can follow the below mentioned steps. In Windows 2012(It was there in Windows 2008 also) when you want to create the file share, you can see there are five difference profiles. you can see a list of the profiles below, along with a short description of each.

Profile	Description
SMB Share - Quick	This basic profile represents the fastest way to create an SMB file share, typically used to share files with Windows-based computers. Suitable for general file sharing Advanced options can be configured later by using the Properties dialog
SMB Share - Advanced	This advanced profile offers additional options to configure a SMB file share. Set the folder owners for access-denied assistance Configure default classification of data in the folder for management and access policies Enable quotas
SMB Share - Applications	This profile creates an SMB file share with settings appropriate for Hyper-V, certain databases, and other server applications.
NFS Share - Quick	This basic profile represents the fastest way to create a NFS file share, typically used to share files with UNIX-based computers. Suitable for general file sharing Advanced options can be configured later by using the Properties dialog
NFS Share - Advanced	This advanced profile offers additional options to configure a NFS file share. Set the folder owners for access-denied assistance Configure default classification of data in the folder for management and access policies Enable quotas

First you have to enable the File and Storage Service Role from the Add Roles and Features wizard. after that you can se below mentioned window and just select “Create file share”

Form new share window you have to select the correct profile. once you select, Click Next to proceed.

Select the Correct file Share location. You can choose to share a whole drive, if you want.

Give a folder name. I’ve named my share as NSLFPS.Then below, you can see the full share name/network path.

There are some other additional settings that you can enable. Access-based enumeration used to be an add on for Windows. It allows users to see just the files and folders to which they have been granted access and not even be able to see that other items exist. You can also choose to allow the shared folder to be cached on other systems using BranchCache. Finally, you’re able to encrypt remote access to the newly shared resource.

Provide required Permission for the Share folder.

Review your selections and click the Create button when you’re ready to create the share.

Now you have successfully shared a folder in Windows Server 2012.

How to set up a Mirrored Array in Windows 2012

Even with the best backup solution, a hard drive crashes, you’ll lose a few hours of work. By enabling drive mirroring in Windows 2012, you’ll always have an up-to-date copy of your data.
This is a software implementation of RAID 1 in Windows , which means that two or more disks are holding the exact same data. The files are constantly kept in sync, so that if one of the disks fails, you won’t lose any data.
You will need at least one empty disk to set up disk mirroring. I will show you how to mirror an existing disk without losing any data on the mirrored drive, In my case I'm using two 2TB Seagate Hard Drivers.  To start this,
1. From the tools menu you can select Computer Management.

2. Then you can select Disk Management from the next window and then you can see Disk1 and Disk 2 are in Unallocated state.

3.Just right click on the Disk1 and then you can select New mirrored Volume from the dropdown window.

4. Click Next to continue

5. Click on the drives you want to hold the mirrored data and click Add. Note that you can add any number of drives. Click Next.

6. Once you select the disk, click add and Next button to go to next step.

7. Assign it a drive letter, and then click Next.

8. Now you’re limited to using the NTFS file format for mirrored drives, so enter a volume label, then select Perform quick format. enable compression if you want, and then click Next.

9. Then click Finish to start formatting the drives.

10. You will be warned that the new drives will be converted to dynamic disks. Click Yes

11. we are done with the configuration. now you  can see the mirrored driver as a new Volume (E:) and in the Disk management console you  can see those to mirrored drivers in red color.