Jill Zoeller [MSFT]
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Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject:
Re: New to DFS- Root and Link Replication |
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If you've created a domain-based root, all you have to do is add another
root target, and DFS will take care of replicating the *DFS structures* to
the second root target. This will give you namespace redundancy, meaning the
referral service (Distributed File System service) will be running on two
servers and will continue to operate if one of the servers goes down. The
root target servers will both have the same view of the namespace, meaning
they'll both know about all the links and link targets in your namespace and
will provide referrals when requested. The root targets don't care about
whether the underlying data is in sync--that's where FRS (or other
replication methods) comes in.
We recommend against storing files in the root and using FRS to keep those
files in sync. Instead, do like you've done and
create a link with multiple link targets, and enable replication on the
link. In this way, your links are redundant and so is the underlying data.
Hope this helps!
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"Mario Colon" <MarioColon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06BAFC7D-8044-45C8-88D8-D8A998EE8B14@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I have created a DFS root on one of my servers with multiple links to other
shared folders on the server. I know would like to replicate the Root and
all the links to another server for redundancy and load balancing. Do I
have
to setup the root and each link with a new target and activate file
replication individually, or is there a way to have the root and all the
links automatically replicate to the replicated root? |
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