
He did not say when the feature would arrive, but he affirmed that it would drastically reduce transfer time for virtual images, CAD files, and RAW imaged files. The consensus was that Windows Server would soon apply the same compression to reduce the transfer time. Pyle then demonstrated the same transfer after applying a tag that used the file compression and made the same transfer in 23 seconds with almost no redlining on the network. The file transferred in two minutes, and it showed that network saturation slowed it down. Pyle demonstrated the feature by copying a 10GB file using a 1Gbps LAN and the ‘robocopy’ command. The feature will work on files before they are moved. The software giant had a small event last week that they named the “Windows Server Summit.” During the event, Ned Pyle, the principal program manager, showed off new auto-compression features. Microsoft has hinted at a new feature for future editions of Windows.
