dfssvc.exe

Windows NT Distributed File System Service by Microsoft

Remove dfssvc.exe
Version:   6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
MD5:   41979ee86192203eb051049818a8b5c0
SHA1:   f19d00a520e62c260828258f4f55516217e7f0ee
SHA256:   b9c4ce9ab9d854a56b2652262b7b823f9b38999aeac94f90889e57fae1b9112f
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is dfssvc.exe?

The Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) service is a state-based, multimaster replication engine that supports replication scheduling and bandwidth throttling. DFSR uses a compression algorithm known as remote differential compression (RDC).

About dfssvc.exe (from Microsoft)

You can use the DFSR WMI provider to create tools for configuring and monitoring the DFSR service. RDC is a "diff-over-the wire" client/server protocol that can be used to efficiently update files o

DetailsDetails

File name:dfssvc.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows NT Distributed File System Service
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\dfssvc.exe
File version:6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version:6.2.9200.16384
Size:389.5 KB (398,848 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.533148
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'Dfs' (DFS Namespace)
  • 'Dfs'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00001500%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00001500%
0.013761%
Kernel CPU time:16 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:1,053/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.43 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.56 MB
Private (minimum):3.45 MB
Non-paged memory:1.43 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:25.08 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):25.71 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.56 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.58 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:923/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:11
12
Handles:89
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:C:\Windows\System32\dfssvc.exe
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:Dfs
Display name:DFS Namespace
Description:“Enables you to group shared folders located on different servers into one or more logically structured namespaces. Each namespace appears to users as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders.”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 50.00%
Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation 50.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Canada installs about 100.00% of Windows NT Distributed File System Service.
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