Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote on 08/28/2009 12:36:27 PM:
> FRS and DFS will allow for the replication of the users directories > without you having to do all the work that you are currently doing. That would a Good Thing ... > In your case, you have servers at each of the three sites. What you > would do is create folders on each server like you norally would, > use DFS to create an AD shared name and link each folder from each > server. Then you would use FRS to specify which folder is the > primary and have it replicate to the other shares. > > Next, you would open AD and create a share. Once you do that, > instead of pointing the users home directory to \\Server_a\users you > would point to the AD Share, \\AD_Sharename\Users. You do this for all users. I am following so far ... > Now, when a user at Site A logs in and is authenticated, AD and DFS > will determine which is the closest server, in this case Server_A, > and use the files in that located on Server-A. That user only knows > that they are accessing \\AD_Sharename\User which can be mapped to a > drive lietter, such as Drive F, or whatever you chose. Right; got all that ... > When that user moves to Site C, and they login, they will be then > pointed to the share on Server-C, because AD and DFS will determine > that this is the closest server to them. FRS would have already > replicated all their files from Server_A, and Server_B, already. And here we come to a stumbling point ... doesn't this pre-suppose that I have enough storage at Site A to hold all the user files from all of the other servers? You say FRS would already have replicated all their files from Server_A to Server_B. So doesn't Server_B need enough storage space for all the users at Server_A, as well as all the users at Server_B? Related question - can the replication be configured to *not* be automatic? For example, can I replicate that one particular user's files from Server_A to Server_B only when they move? (and if so, how do I clean up the space on Server_A?) Sorry if these are dense or newbie (to DFS) questions. And thanks for the very clear explanation! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
