You need to understand some terms to use Azure File Sync.
- Storage Sync Service is the high-level Azure resource for Azure File Sync. The service is deployed to Azure resource groups.
- A sync group outlines the replication topology for an Azure file share. All server endpoints located in the same sync group are kept in sync with each other. If you have multiple Azure file shares that must be in sync and managed with Azure File Sync, create two sync groups and different endpoints.
You can create sync groups in a Storage Sync Service. - A registered server represents the trust relationship between the on-premises server and the Storage Sync Service. You can register multiple servers to a single Storage Sync Service, but a server can be registered with only one Storage Sync Service at a time.
- Azure File Sync agent is a downloadable package that allows Windows Server to sync with an Azure file share. The agent has three components:
- FileSyncSvc.exe. Service that monitors changes on endpoints.
- StorageSync.sys. Azure file system filter driver.
- PowerShell management cmdlets.
- A server endpoint represents a specific location on a registered server, like a folder on a local disk. Multiple server endpoints can exist on the same volume as long as their paths don't overlap.
- The cloud endpoint is the Azure file share that's part of a sync group. There can only be one cloud endpoint per sync group. Azure File Sync keeps the cloud endpoint and server endpoints in that sync group in sync. An Azure file share can be a member of only one sync group at a time.
- Cloud tiering is an optional feature of Azure File Sync. This feature caches frequently accessed files locally on the server. It allows less frequently accessed files to be tiered to the cloud. Files are cached or tiered according to the cloud tiering policy that you create.
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