RE: [ActiveDir] Experiences with DFS.....

[Shawn.Hayes]

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You should look closely at the product you choose for the replication piece, 3rd party is advised,  to see it's recommendations about .pst files.  Some don't like them.....

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Flesher
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:32 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Experiences with DFS.....

Well, to give a little more info, we have 1,000,000+ files on our NAS. This machine is accessed pretty hard by ~1,000 users, housing .pst files and eudora data store files. If you are saying that each time there is a change in a file, it is replicated, would it constantly replicate email data files each time an email comes to the user? That could get ugly.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ayers, Diane
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:52 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Experiences with DFS.....

We looked at a DFS / FRS combo and quickly rejected it based on the problems with FRS.  For data replication, FRS is a PoS (to be brutally honest).  MS needs to start from scrtach on that one.  Any efficient data replication scheme would utilize a block level or some other low level replication process and not be based on file level replication.  A single change to, say a 10 MB file, should not trigger the replication of the entire 10 MB file.

 

We're looking at several third party replication tools but the jury is still out on the optimal solution.

 

Diane

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Brent Westmoreland
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Experiences with DFS.....

Yes,

You need to become familiar with the FRS registry settings and the staging directory. Try these links to get you started:

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBI/tip4100/rh4104.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBL/tip5900/rh5973.htm

Also,

definitely consider moving your staging directory to a large volume follow the instructions in KB291823.

On Mar 11, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Chris Flesher wrote:

We are thinking of using DFS in order to add redundancy to our NAS offerings. My main question is does anyone have experience using DFS to replicate/keep in sync large amounts of info, i.e. 200+GB, between two or more servers?

As always, thank you for the help.

Chris Flesher

The University of Chicago

NSIT/DCS

1-773-834-8477

Brent Westmoreland

BMW Group - Data Center Americas

Business: 864.989.6567