Re: New File Sharing System - What's my best option?

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wideye <dstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all!
Please help me devise the best file sharing system for the following
scenario:

The company:
1 central office and 2 branch offices (both connected back to the
central office via 512/kbps satellite)

The idea:
Provide a file sharing system that does NOT use mapped drives but
still provides the users a list of short-cuts to available shares.
Mapped drives create a problem when employees from the central office
login at the branch offices (maps over the satcom connection are
sloooooow and unstable). Furthermore, inconsistent drive letters
assigned to different shares always causes confusion. From a data
perspective, it would be nice to have the branch office drives
available to the central office (and vise versa), but again I don't
think the satcom connection can support the replication traffic (but I
could be wrong). Also this requirement is not a core requirement, but
like I said, it would be nice. I've thought about DFS and I'm open to
learning more.

I greatly appreciate and feedback and first hand experience.

Thanks,

Maybe OT, but I think your best bet will be a W2003 or 2008 terminal
services box in the main office instead of relying on direct file sharing
access over a slow/latent link. You could then centralize all your data in
the main office (much better for backups, etc) and your remote users could
use Remote Desktop to get to the main office, which is a huge performance
improvement over trying to access network drives over VPN (even without the
added problems of satellite).


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