Re: DFS without replication

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From: SixDoubleO (six*spam*doubleo_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:15:16 -0700

Well, I would assume that the DFS service would decide which server to
stick johndoe's folder on. The same way NTFS decides which partition in
a multi-partition volume set on.

Anyway, just a wish of mine I suppose.

I see where you're going with your example, which does address the issue
of not having to change server names in the event of a server change,
but I was looking at from the standpoint of being able to easily add,
say 200GB, to my user home directory storage pretty easily. Oh well. :)

Paul Nelson wrote:
> OK - If you could do this, where would the storage for user "johndoe" be
> located? It would have to be on only one of the servers right?
>
> How would you as the administrator specify which server johndoe's home
> folder is on?
>
> You could use DFS with only a single server in a link. This would allow you
> to specify where a user's home folder is, and then not have to change it if
> you later move it to a different server. Is this what you mean?
>
> For example, the user's home folder could be specified as:
> \\domain.xxx\dfsroot\homes\j\johndoe
>
> You could make \\domain.xxx\dfsroot\homes\j point to a share on server2, and
> later move that to a different volume on server2 or to a different server
> using DFS.
>
> in article 9t6dnQ5ApLZ9IPvcRVn-ow@comcast.com, SixDoubleO at
> six*spam*doubleo@hotmail.com wrote on 10/8/04 11:18 AM:
>
>
>>Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldnt this functionality exist? Am I
>>the only one who sees this as a no-brainer? I mean consider this...
>>
>>I need 600GB for my user home directories.
>>
>>Server1 has 100GB
>>Server2 has 200GB
>>Server3 has 300GB
>>
>>Shouldn't I be able to consolodate these three resources into one
>>logical resource, thus making better use of the space?
>>
>>Further, when I need to add to the "User" share, I should be able to add
>>to this with a "Server4".
>>
>>There should be a way to add storage to DFS the same way you can add
>>storage to a volume.
>>
>>Is there some other way to do what I'm asking?
>>
>>Thanks for the help.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>Chriss3 [MVP] wrote:
>>
>>>No, it can't,
>>>All can be accessed by \\SERVER\DFS\Users
>>>But only one server at once can be active, so you can't consolidate content
>>>without replication.
>>>
>
>
>

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