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DFS (Distributed File System) Replication is a file replication technology originally shipped with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.

DFS (Distributed File System) Replication is a file replication technology originally shipped with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.

DFSR allows creating multiple replicas of the content which thereby allow a level of resiliency. In the older versions of DFS (first introduced in Windows 2000 Server), the replication was handled by FRS (File Replication Service).

See the DFS tag for more info on DFS and DFSN (namespaces).

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DFS target selection/ordering

I have a DFS folder with two targets. The first to the primary file server and the second to a slow emergency backup file server to be used only in the event of a failure of the primary. There is 'one-way' replication configured between the…
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How to avoid DFS conflict problems on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2?

I maintain two Win 2003 servers connected via a VPN with data duplicated via DFS. As it stands the customer is complaining of losing data - normally because one person in each office saves a version of the file, causing one copy to silently go to…
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DFS - Stop sync of large folder that has since been removed

We have a site to site DFSR on Windows Server 2008 R2 that has been running perfectly between site A to site B until someone dumped a 20GB folder. This has overwhelmed the upload and make the internet almost useless at site A (the upload is low at…
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DFS-R (2008 and R2) 2 node server cluster, all file writes end in conflictAndDeleted

Both servers in a 2 server cluster are reporting event 4412 20,000 times per day. If I sit in the conflictAndDetected folder I can observe files appearing and disappearing. Users report that their files saved by peers at the same location are…
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DFSR: Break large replication group into multiple smaller replication groups?

Is there a way to break a very large replication group into smaller replication groups while avoiding a huge backlog while it re-syncs or verifies the files in each smaller replication group? I have a very large replication group that covers 450,000…
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DCDIAG VerifyEnterpriseReferences test failed on PDC

I have two domain controllers both server 2008, and the domain function level has been raised to 2008. We migrated from a single dc running server 2008 previously. If I run : dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:win2k8dc1 >c:dcdiag.txt I receive the following…
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Windows 2008 DFS issue - files dissapear

I have farm with 3 servers: 2 web and 1 DB. All servers are identical Windows 2008 R2 fresh installation. 2 servers running IIS7 websites and connect 3rd server as a back end DB. IIS servers running several sites and each site points to dedicated…
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Does DFS-R actually write 100%+change to a file on the receiving server(s)?

I am analyzing DFS-R on Windows 2003 R2 and have come across a horrendous thing. It appears that when you append a small amount of data to a large (existing) file, the write cost on the server for which you append the data is simply the data; when…
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ASP.NET, reaching the limits of DFSR, and file storage sharding

We run a popular web app, and our backend file storage exists on a file server, replicated to another file server for failover with DFSR. We are reaching the theoretical limits of DFSR, and therefore need to start looking at sharding our…
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DFS standalone replication

I'm attempting to set up DFS Standalone replication for the static content of a group of 2008 r2 web servers, without getting the Domain Controller involved. I've created a namespace on one computer A pointed at empty shares on computers A and B.…
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Windows DFS-R conflict handling between multiple locations

i´m experimenting with the DFS-Replication possibilities in Windows Server 2008 R2. Basic structure is this TestOffice 1 - Fileserver TestOffice 2 - Fileserver Central server location - Fileserver The three fileservers replicate their data…
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Can I use dis-similar HW for Win2008r2 DFS-R

The setup: Windows 2008R2 Ent on two machines. The roles on each server will include File Servers and DC's. The machines come from two different vendors (Dell/HP) The Dell is an Athlon and the HP is an Intel. Both have roughly the same speed CPU…
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DFS-R + Volume Shadow Services - Run VSS at all locations or one?

I have 4 servers, one at each office location, each sharing read/write copies of 1.5TB of data. Changes are replicated 24/7 between all 4 servers via DFS-R. All servers run Windows 2008 R2. I'm interested in implementing VSS (Volume Shadow…
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DFS - Initial Replication

Im setting up three servers with DFS, it is Image servers attached to webservers, where the images is displayed. It's about 350gb of pictures on each server, but they are slightly out of sync. Now when I want to setup DFS replication between the…
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Does Windows Small Business Server 2008 include DFSR?

Does Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard include DFSR?
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