DFS tutorial - Server 2008 R2
I keep hearing about DFS for file servers, can someone provide me with a good easy tutorial?
Is there any downsides to using it?
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Start your 7-day free trialIT (DFS-R) can be used to replicate data between "geographically dispersed" servers for resliency.
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I have all of my client use it. It simplifies everything. No need to use \\server\share as all shares using same name space i.e. \\domain-name\share etc. IT can be used to replicate data between servers for resliency.
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Mark