I recently set up DFS-R replication on a large software distribution folder that is about 65GB. Shortly after adding the new (empty) server as a replica and creating the replication group, disable referrals on the replica for the new server. That will keep it from being used/accessed until the data is fully replicated, which will appear as an event in the event logs. When it's ready to go, set it back online.
I let ours run over the weekend while most staff are gone, and it took a good day to finish initial replication. Both servers are on the same 1Gbps subnet. -Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DFS setup with 300 gb data New client, setting up a domain DFS implementation for them The folder to be replicated contains 300+ GB with about 70K folders. The root folder structure is only a dozen or so, though. Replication is going to be with one other server for failover redundancy. Most of the files are small (under 10 MB) The machines are on the same LAN. I'm looking for some ideas of how long initial replication of these files will take. Any rough ideas? Thanks! *********************** Charlie Kaiser [email protected] Kingman, AZ *********************** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
