On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:31 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't move the files personally - it seems like a bit of a pain to have > to have the files local to a specific server per user. Which is why I'd be > keen to use proper EFSS - then all you need is the nearest "sync server" > instead.
That's what we want the DFS to do. > Just curious, which of your needs did the APS guys say they couldn't meet? > Obviously I wasn't there but based around the limited interaction we've had > here I would think that EM could meet the needs you had. However I am > renowned for pushing the limits of their product, often in directions they > aren't keen for me to take, but most of my deployments the users and admins > seem perfectly happy :-) I wasn't on most of the webinar, but that's what I was told. I know they said we wouldn't have that DFS-style "abstraction", where a user gets gets the closest server to them (and all servers have a copy of all files). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Leone > Sent: 03 September 2015 18:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Using DFS for user home folders > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:05 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Firstly I'd sack Offline Files and go for a proper EFSS solution like >> OneDrive for Business, DataNow, Hightail, etc. etc. - there's loads in this >> space. Offline Files are a major pain for clearing caches and whatnot - with >> proper EFSS you just delete the local profile and you're done. >> >> How do you assign the file server - using a logon script of some sort? > > No, we just set the user's home folder in ADU&C. Group membership determines > which GPO gets implemented, and the GPOs are set to redirect to the same > server. > >> I've seen this done with AppSense loads of times and what they tend to do is >> set a variable at user logon that depends on your location, device, etc. > > And when you logon to a disconnected device, say your laptop at home? > >> Then you just reference the variable "%HOMESERVER%" or whatever you >> want to call it elsewhere in the configuration for redirection, GPO >> and whatever else you need. If files need to be moved from one server >> to another, initiate a File/Folder Copy Action if the variable has >> changed from last time. Needs some work to evaluate and store the >> variable, but I've done this previously where users needed to remember >> the last default printer they had for a particular subnet (a nightmare >> that was, indeed!) > > The problem is that it doesn't do all we want - no universal filepath for > redirected user folders, etc. But it could help somewhat with the offline > files aspect. And I don't want to move files during a logon if a variable has > changed from last time, certainly not with multiple gig of files in some > users folders. > >> There's other solutions in this space besides AppSense - RES, Immidio, >> Scense, to name a few - but they all offer more or less the same set of >> parameters. I know for certain you can do this with AppSense though. > > That's not what the AppSense folks told us yesterday in a webinar. It could > do some, but not all, of what we want to happen. > >
