Re: DFS Root fault tolerance

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Thanks for the \\domainname\dfsroot tip. I did not read that anywhere else,
but it will help obscure the real location of the files.

Given what you have said then I presume my only alternative is to create
another dfsroot on another server, then map a different drive letter to the
same targets as the first. Right?
--
Rob J


"Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" wrote:

> Hi Rob,
> Rob wrote:
> > I have a simple 2003 DFS solution, but need only a little fault
> > tolerance.
> >
> > I have a single server providing shares stored on a SAN. The users
> > see the shares as R: drive from our Domain Root. The DFS root is on
> > another server, when this server or service goes down or offline, the
> > R: drive is unavailable. Typically I give the users a UNC to the
> > real server. What I'd like to accomplish instead, is modfying DFS so
> > that R: drive is always available. The solution I have come up with
> > is creating another root on another server, and mapping another drive
> > letter to it. Is this the only way to keep the shares available?
>
> usually you should access the AD DFS shares through \\domainname\DFSRoot.
> Fault tolerance in the context of DFS means, that you can add multiple links
> to a root, pointing to shares on different servers. Data will be replicated
> between the shares, so it will be available on each of the servers locally.
> So if one server goes down, the others provide the same data, also the
> nearest responsible machine grants access to the data.
>
> Best greetings from Germany
> Olaf
>
>
.

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