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Should I be using DFS?
I have 7 offices all connected with T1's. Currently all data is housed in our HQ site for backups and security. The 6 field sites suffer because of this and have slow access to files.
My question is:
Should I be using DFS to copy all this data to each site so they can work off of local copies rather than across the VPN's. Obviously that would help with speed issues, but will I run into too many problems with overwrites and files that are being opened by multiple users at the same time.
I really looking for advice here.
Thanks,
Sander
My question is:
Should I be using DFS to copy all this data to each site so they can work off of local copies rather than across the VPN's. Obviously that would help with speed issues, but will I run into too many problems with overwrites and files that are being opened by multiple users at the same time.
I really looking for advice here.
Thanks,
Sander
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Riverbed is really expensive..... Some of our sites only have a few users so it would be hard to justify that kind of money.
All of my sites are R2.
All of my sites are R2.
Def go with DFS if you are running R2.
Basically it compresses the files from HQ to the offices. I didnt think it would be worth it or make that big of a difference but the effects are dramatic.
DFS will work as well as long you have servers at the remote sites.