DFS synch and redirected folders - what happens if...
So I have 2 servers in 2 offices. They both are part of a DFS namespace and have the 'same' folder on each of them.
I have however had some sync problems because of extremely large files and slow internet connection, so they are not fully up to sync with each other.
So if a user has been working in office "B" with her 'documents folder' redirected to a DFS share, and today she shows up in office 'A', what will happen?
Her computer is perfectly synced up in the 'B' office - will her logging on to the server here in the 'A' office (same domain different site) screw up her documents folder?
In a perfect world she would simply see what is on the server folder here and (hopefully) copy over the locally stored offline files to the 'A' server redirect folder, and eventually it would all synch together... but, it never works like you want it to...
what will happen when she logs on here in the 'A' office?
I have however had some sync problems because of extremely large files and slow internet connection, so they are not fully up to sync with each other.
So if a user has been working in office "B" with her 'documents folder' redirected to a DFS share, and today she shows up in office 'A', what will happen?
Her computer is perfectly synced up in the 'B' office - will her logging on to the server here in the 'A' office (same domain different site) screw up her documents folder?
In a perfect world she would simply see what is on the server folder here and (hopefully) copy over the locally stored offline files to the 'A' server redirect folder, and eventually it would all synch together... but, it never works like you want it to...
what will happen when she logs on here in the 'A' office?
As Awinish says, last save wins.
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Ok, but then tell me this scenario:
Office A
Server A
Office B
Server B
So user x is in office A and is saving her stuff on DFS share on server A. She now comes to office B (where the files she has saved has not yet replicated to). She logs on, and suddenly her computer sees the correct folder (because it is a DFS duplicate folder) but nothing that the computer has saved is there anymore (because it has not yet replicated from the A server). Will this result in:
The computer will re-copy all the files to the DFS share
or
It will delete the files on her computer thinking that there isn't supposed to be anything in there
Which one happens?
Office A
Server A
Office B
Server B
So user x is in office A and is saving her stuff on DFS share on server A. She now comes to office B (where the files she has saved has not yet replicated to). She logs on, and suddenly her computer sees the correct folder (because it is a DFS duplicate folder) but nothing that the computer has saved is there anymore (because it has not yet replicated from the A server). Will this result in:
The computer will re-copy all the files to the DFS share
or
It will delete the files on her computer thinking that there isn't supposed to be anything in there
Which one happens?
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2006/03/27/423269.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/09/29/o-dfs-shares-where-art-thou-part-1-3.aspx