Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote on 08/28/2009 06:55:40 PM:
> Bandwith would not be much of an issue once you have this setup > properly. Yes, once you have selected the primary share it would > replicate to the other servers/sites. But once that is done, any > manipulation done to a file, say an Excel spreadsheet, would only be > replicated to the other servers. This is done every 15 minutes. And > to my understanding, this time can be changed. Thanks. It's not the bandwidth so much, as the large amount of storage needed at each site. There would need to be enough storage at each site to hold a copy of all user folders, correct? This means I'd need well over a terabyte at each site, probably closer to 2. That's the part the boss is balking at. I will continue to work on him, tho .... > Just remember, Once all files have been replicated, at the > beginning, DFS-R only replicates files that have been modified. If > you have a T1 between each site, that would suffice to handle the > replication. We use the Verizon TLS service, so connection is actual LAN speeds (10,100,1000), depending on the site. Better than T-1, at least. > John Doe is none the wiser as he thinks he is accessing his User > Folder. And that is all he cares about. How true. And that's how I would hope it to be. > Now, let's say that John Doe is at Site C but Server C is down and > offline. When John Doe logs in he should be authenticated by the > PDC, which is Site/Server A. But what about his User Folder. No > problem. AD and DFS-R will then point to the closest server, which > is Site/Server A in this case, and John Doe has access to his files. > John Doe doesn't even have to re-map to his User Folder. When Server > C comes back online DFS-R will see those manipulated files in Server > A and then replicate those files back to the share on Server C as > well as to any other share that is setup in DFS-R. That is what I would *love* to have happen. :-) > Backups: You don't necessarily have to backup all User Folders on > all Servers. Since there is a Primary Share, you would only need to > Backup that folder, as it is the folder that DFS-R users as a > reference point for all files. If a user deletes a file and then > needs it back, you only need to restore it on the Primary Share. It > will then be replicated to the other servers. I thought that might be the case. Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
