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No you won't be able to. &nbsp;With DFS you will be accessing the share as \\domain.local\dfshare\sha<wbr />re1
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No you won't be able to.  With DFS you will be accessing the share as \\domain.local\dfshare\share1

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Ok, thanks. &nbsp;So we cannot protect scenario such as when server1 dies using DFS, right?<br />
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Can you suggest a solution that works for that situtation?
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Ok, thanks.  So we cannot protect scenario such as when server1 dies using DFS, right?

Can you suggest a solution that works for that situtation?

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Hello, <br />
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We have a WIN2K8 file server in our NY office. &nbsp;Our users access the NY server1 shares everyday to do their work.<br />
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We will have a NY datacenter move and server1 will be shut for a couple of days.<br />
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We have plan to create a standby server in our NJ data center. &nbsp;Let's say if we use the DFS technology, present server1 to the users using a DFS namespace and replicate the shares and data to the standby server. &nbsp; During the move, we can still present server1 to the users using the standby server from the DFS management, right?<br />
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Please advise.
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Hello, 

We have a WIN2K8 file server in our NY office.  Our users access the NY server1 shares everyday to do their work.

We will have a NY datacenter move and server1 will be shut for a couple of days.

We have plan to create a standby server in our NJ data center.  Let's say if we use the DFS technology, present server1 to the users using a DFS namespace and replicate the shares and data to the standby server.   During the move, we can still present server1 to the users using the standby server from the DFS management, right?

Please advise.

Build a standby server using DFS

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