Folks,
FYI, here is the source where I found the "Microsoft DFS" information
in UK publication "COMPUTING", page 18, dated 19th September 1996
[start extract]
"Microsoft finally eases NT management with DFS tool"
Microsoft's long-promised Distributed File System (DFS) for Windows NT 4.0
is now available on the Microsoft Web site as a free beta-test version,
The product will be incorporated as a standard feature of NT server when
the code has been approved.
DFS has been designed to make it easier to find and manage information
on the network, by allowing files or data to be presented in a single
hierarchal view.
Network managers can remap data that is physically stored on a range of
servers, each with its own directory structure, prseenting it as a single
directory branching down through sub-directories.
This logical structure should make file searching easier for users, who
only need to search through one directory tree for the files they want,
rather than having to know the names of the servers and the directory
structure of each one.
Searching the file list therefore becomes simpler, with DFS taking over
the task of finding the file's actual location.
Mark Hassall, Microsoft's Windows NT Server product manager, said:
'Now that file locations are not important to users, network managers
can move data without affecting the accessibility of files.'
'Free space can be created on overloaded disks, and tasks such as data
backup or virus checking can be performed through the single DFS directory.'
William Rinko-Gay, director of the Network World/PC World Test Center
in the US, which reviewed the software last week said: 'DFS is the
beginning of a powerful tool, though the current beta is not stable
enough for production.'
DFS can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/dfs/dfsintro.htm.
[end extract]
Hmmm...sure sounds familiar to me!
ding ding...seconds out...round 1... ;-)
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paul http://acm.org/~mpb
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