Speedy Filesharing independent to the users location / DFS?
Hi Experts
We are just setting up a new Resource Topology with 1 Resource Forest spread over 2 locations (US and EU) and 2 Account Forests (US and EU). The Resource Forest locations are different to the office locations.
We would like to put all our Files, redirected folders and user account profiles in the Resource Forest and no matter where the user logs in (US or EU) he/she will always get speedy access to fileshares.
Would DFS be the solution we are looking for?
How would a user from the US Account Forest authenticate in the EU Account Forest?
Which kind of Trust do I need between those two Forests then?
My thought for DFS:
Account Forest -------------------------R
US------------------------
User Account --------------------------
User Account ------------------------Re
Would this work? What is common practise for this?
Thanks for your help in advance
We are just setting up a new Resource Topology with 1 Resource Forest spread over 2 locations (US and EU) and 2 Account Forests (US and EU). The Resource Forest locations are different to the office locations.
We would like to put all our Files, redirected folders and user account profiles in the Resource Forest and no matter where the user logs in (US or EU) he/she will always get speedy access to fileshares.
Would DFS be the solution we are looking for?
How would a user from the US Account Forest authenticate in the EU Account Forest?
Which kind of Trust do I need between those two Forests then?
My thought for DFS:
Account Forest -------------------------R
US------------------------
User Account --------------------------
User Account ------------------------Re
Would this work? What is common practise for this?
Thanks for your help in advance
PaperTiger
What kind of files and what kind of connections do you have?
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Thanks Guys
It's going to be sharedfiles (spreadsheets, documents, pdfs ect. ), redirected folders and userprofiles.
Bandwidth is more than sufficient I guess. Slowest link will be a 20Mb site to site.
There will be no active user accounts in the Resource Forest. User accounts from Account Forests only access files in the Resource Forest.
Each location (US and EU) has its own Fileserver.
Do I have to put the 2 Fileservers together under one big DFS namespace so when USuser is in the EU, he would get his files from the EU Fileserver in the Resource Forest.
Same with the Redirected Folders. If I set redirected folders via Group Policy to the same namespace for US and EU users. Will that be enough that when USusers login from EU don't have to wait until their files get downloaded over the ocean?
Awinish: Is there an advantage if I put a DC from US into the EU site and vice versa?
Let me know if you have any questions... maybe I'm not explaining correctly what I'm trying to achieve.
It's going to be sharedfiles (spreadsheets, documents, pdfs ect. ), redirected folders and userprofiles.
Bandwidth is more than sufficient I guess. Slowest link will be a 20Mb site to site.
There will be no active user accounts in the Resource Forest. User accounts from Account Forests only access files in the Resource Forest.
Each location (US and EU) has its own Fileserver.
Do I have to put the 2 Fileservers together under one big DFS namespace so when USuser is in the EU, he would get his files from the EU Fileserver in the Resource Forest.
Same with the Redirected Folders. If I set redirected folders via Group Policy to the same namespace for US and EU users. Will that be enough that when USusers login from EU don't have to wait until their files get downloaded over the ocean?
Awinish: Is there an advantage if I put a DC from US into the EU site and vice versa?
Let me know if you have any questions... maybe I'm not explaining correctly what I'm trying to achieve.
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Awinish
BranchCache sounds good. Will look into this.
I'm still concerned having those many files under one DFS Namespace. Is there any reason for concern?
Cheers
Dan
BranchCache sounds good. Will look into this.
I'm still concerned having those many files under one DFS Namespace. Is there any reason for concern?
Cheers
Dan
I don't think, regular backup & redundancy should remove your concern.
If you have 20MB, the speed shouldn't be a concern. I run a 3MB line between US-Canada-Mexio, I am still OK.
If it is, you can look into something called WAN Optimization. Many prominent companies make products like that such as CISCO, RiverBed, and Bluecoat. WAN Optimization is a piece of hardware you deploy at each site. It then does compression and caching. The improvement of speed is amazing - about 50% to 200%. It's more impressive on documents like Word, Excel etc. and HTTP traffic.
This is something I am implementing.
If it is, you can look into something called WAN Optimization. Many prominent companies make products like that such as CISCO, RiverBed, and Bluecoat. WAN Optimization is a piece of hardware you deploy at each site. It then does compression and caching. The improvement of speed is amazing - about 50% to 200%. It's more impressive on documents like Word, Excel etc. and HTTP traffic.
This is something I am implementing.