I was only thinking about replication between two servers and the data would be small. Maybe 20 mb here and there - as files are updated.
Kind Regards, Jennifer Fountain R&B Inc 3400 E Walnut Street Colmar, PA 18915 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bruce Clingaman > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS > > > 1 TB is too much for DFS to replicate between two servers, > not to mention four. The replication (FRS) in DFS is flawed. > Have you looked into shadow copy or a utility like Robocopy? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jennifer Fountain > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS > > The main objective to to remove the single point of failure I > have now - one big file server. If this goes down, we are > SOL. From what I read/tested, DFS will allow you to point a > single folder to shares on different physical locations. > (basically, the user sees one server but in reality I have four) > > Replication is also something I could take advantage of; > However, can you schedule replication in DFS? > > Kind Regards, > > Jennifer Fountain > R&B Inc > 3400 E Walnut Street > Colmar, PA 18915 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Depp, Dennis > > M. > > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:59 PM > > To: Salandra, Justin A.; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS > > > > Justin, > > > > I don't think this is correct. With DFS, I can set up different > > subfolders to point to different physical locations. These > physical > > locations can be setup a redundant pairs, but this is not required. > > > > Denny > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: 5/11/04 1:41:37 PM > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS > > > > Having a DFS structure would mean that you would have 4 servers > > each with 1 TB of information on them because everything gets > > replicated to all locations in the DFS. DFS will NOT put 250 GB on > > one server, 250 GB on another server and so on. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rutherford, > > Robert > > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:54 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS > > Sensitivity: Private > > > > > > > > > > > > You can install a DFS root on a DC or member server. > > > > > > > > It should work fine, in terms of splitting down a server and > > distributing the data over a number of other servers. I'm > assuming you > > only want to use DFS to make a central share access hierarchy? > > > > > > > > I would not use the replication side of it though as it's > > inherently flawed... well it was on 2000 and have read it hasn't > > changed that significantly on 2k3. If you do want to use the > > replication then I would only use it for read only data, i.e. > > Application distribution points. > > > > > > > > BR, > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jennifer Fountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 May 2004 14:47 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] DFS > > Sensitivity: Private > > > > Does anyone here use DFS? If so, do you use it > for load > > balancing? Did you install it on a DC? It's own server? > > We are looking into breaking our one huge file server (1 > tb of space) > > into 4 smaller servers (more manageable and wanted to look into DFS. > > We do have NT/95 clients but that should not stop me because I can > > install the AD client on them. > > > > Thanks for any info! > > > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Jennifer Fountain > > R&B Inc > > 3400 E Walnut Street > > Colmar, PA 18915 > > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > > entity > > to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or > > privileged material. Any use (including retransmission > or copying) > > of this information by persons or entities other than > the intended > > recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient of > > this > > transmission, please contact the sender and delete the material > > from any computer. 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