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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
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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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
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
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.