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DFS is a robust technology.. it is not instantaneous which may give you the illusion of missing files while they replicate.. DFS relies on good replication.. <br />
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you could use robocopy or other solutions that will copy the file as it is saved/changed onto the other server but your network performance may suffer.
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DFS is a robust technology.. it is not instantaneous which may give you the illusion of missing files while they replicate.. DFS relies on good replication..

you could use robocopy or other solutions that will copy the file as it is saved/changed onto the other server but your network performance may suffer.

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not in my experience with 2003. Can you give me back ground on your setup and OS.
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not in my experience with 2003. Can you give me back ground on your setup and OS.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
We have two file server running server 2003 and have always had problems with DFS replication with missing files etc. <br />
<br />
We are going to upgrade to Server 2012 and was wondering if there is a better way to replicate data between the two servers. <br />
Has DFS improved on server 2012? <br />
IS there a better way to keep to the servers in sync?<br />
<br />
Bit of background on our current setup:<br />
- Both servers are on the same subnet connected by gigabit<br />
- There is NO shared storage. <br />
- DFS name space is in used<br />
- DFS replication on server 2003 is unreliable. <br />
<br />
Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions. <br />
<br />
Thanks.
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Hi,

We have two file server running server 2003 and have always had problems with DFS replication with missing files etc. 

We are going to upgrade to Server 2012 and was wondering if there is a better way to replicate data between the two servers. 
Has DFS improved on server 2012? 
IS there a better way to keep to the servers in sync?

Bit of background on our current setup:
- Both servers are on the same subnet connected by gigabit
- There is NO shared storage. 
- DFS name space is in used
- DFS replication on server 2003 is unreliable. 

Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions. 

Thanks.

Syncronize file data between two windows servers? DFS? Application?

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).