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2008 R2 DFS - What happens if 2 users try to edit\save same document from different sites

G'Day all,
We are evaluating DFS for our Windows 2008 R2 network. There are 2 sites connected by IPSecVPN, both sites have a 2008 R2 Domain Controller.

Our question is about, what happens if users in each site attempt to edit and save the same document?

Is it intelligent enough to say the file is open and becomes read only for the 2nd user?

Many thanks
String, Sydney Aus

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Chris H

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Chris H

Hard code remote users to one UNC path on one of your replicas instead of the DFS namespace for files that require this kind of multi-site collaboration. You will still have replication and this will only slow things down for the files that require multi-site collaboration.

IE, bill in dallas and tammy in detroit typically access info at \\dfsshare\share (which will choose the closest/fastest replica). Instead, point both users to the share at the home office on one of the DFS replicas. \\replica01\share

This way, all writes, lock files, ~.tmp files and read only attributes are transmitted live.

String :-)

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Thanks alot for all the comments.

DFS is clearly not the solution we are looking for. Now looking at "File Replication pro" ,

Pointing Bill and Tammy to the central office share doesnt fit our needs, although I love the out of the box suggestion

Many thanks for your comments
String