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Hi everyone,<br />
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I’ve used DFS in the past to centralize shares from multiple servers, but never set it up to host multiple volumes as one share. &nbsp;Is this possible? &nbsp;<br />
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Here’s what my scenario and what I’m trying to accomplish. &nbsp;We have a file server with a 2TB share that’s just about full (\\FileServer\Fileshare). &nbsp;We want to add another 2TB share (new volume) and add that space to the current share. &nbsp;We need to make this appear as one large share to the users. &nbsp;The users get a mapped drive letter to \\Fileserver\fileshare from a login script. &nbsp;BTW this is on a 2008 DC server. &nbsp;<br />
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A standalone DFS namespace on this file server could accomplish this correct? &nbsp;Is there a certain process to do this, or do I just need to create a new share and set DFS up. &nbsp;<br />
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So essentially it would be \\FileServer for the namespace, then \Fileshare which would contain both the original \fileshare and the new \fileshare-new combined. &nbsp;Would this work and be transparent to the users, or would I have to rename the original \fileshare to something different first? &nbsp;<br />
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Any other ‘gotcha’s’ that I may encounter during this setup? &nbsp;I need to be seamless for my end-users.<br />
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Thanks so much in advance! &nbsp;<br />

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Hi everyone,

I’ve used DFS in the past to centralize shares from multiple servers, but never set it up to host multiple volumes as one share.  Is this possible?  

Here’s what my scenario and what I’m trying to accomplish.  We have a file server with a 2TB share that’s just about full (\\FileServer\Fileshare).  We want to add another 2TB share (new volume) and add that space to the current share.  We need to make this appear as one large share to the users.  The users get a mapped drive letter to \\Fileserver\fileshare from a login script.  BTW this is on a 2008 DC server.  

A standalone DFS namespace on this file server could accomplish this correct?  Is there a certain process to do this, or do I just need to create a new share and set DFS up.  

So essentially it would be \\FileServer for the namespace, then \Fileshare which would contain both the original \fileshare and the new \fileshare-new combined.  Would this work and be transparent to the users, or would I have to rename the original \fileshare to something different first?  

Any other ‘gotcha’s’ that I may encounter during this setup?  I need to be seamless for my end-users.

Thanks so much in advance!  


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