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Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) is a technology that complements the SMB/CIFS based file server role of Windows Servers.

DFS is comprised of DFSN (namespaces) and DFSR (replication). The two technologies can be implemented independently. However, the components are complementary when used together on Windows file servers.

DFSN allows creating "fake" namespaces or paths which when browsed, redirect the client to an alternate location as configured by an administrator. This allows creating a namespace which can apparently merge content which maybe spread across different file servers. 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).

http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/12/30/windows-server-dfs-namespaces-reference.aspx provides good details related to DFSN.

See the DFSR tag for more details on DFSR.

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replicate old file server machine from 2003sp2 to 2012r2

I just read this great post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2014/11/05/migrating-file-server-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2012-r2.aspx I was wondering if i could achieve a similar result with windows server 2003sp2 and a…
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Migrate from DFS to NAS

To simplify things, I'll pare down the environment. -Single Namespace\Namespace server\Folder Target -No replication Data is accessible using \HostDomain\DFSRootName Namespace server is running on W2K8 while the target is running on W2K3. We need…
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DFS Link nesting

We currently have our DFS set up as follows: \\domain\dfs\private \\domain\dfs\shared \\domain\dfs\home We would like to move a subfolder of one target so that it appears to be the same but the target is moved to another server…
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What is the "Dfs" User That Has Permissions to DFS Namespace Links

I recently ran into issues that seem to be related to this "Dfs" user (which is added automatically when you create a new namespace link.) I can't find this user in any local or domain user store, nor can I find any documentation on what it…
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why we randomly pointing to wrong dfs share (something wrong with our setting)?

I am a developer, not an IT guy, but really get annoyed by our DFS share and IT isn't able to find a solution at the moment. We have two sites (A and B). DFS share is setup to replicate files between the two. Say the dfs server in Site A is dfsSA…
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Failover dedicated servers using DFS or use Cloud hosting

Currently I'm running a number of ASP.NET applications on a single dedicated Windows 2012 Standard R2 server with a hardware firewall in front. If this server goes down, my applications cannot be used, so that's a big risk. So I would like to…
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publish DFS namespaces?

We have multiple domain controllers and file servers, and have recently begun migrating to DFS. Everything works quite well, but one thing has me scratching my head... DFS namespaces not found on the AD/DNS server responding are not displayed when…
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Distributed storage with UNC share?

What approach would you take to build a massive storage, using multiple PC's running Linux OS? The recipe I would like to use sounds like this: take 10 PCs equipped with six 2TB disks, install your favorite flavor of *NIX OS on each PC, configure…
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DFS replication monitoring under a non-administrative account

I have a DFS replication set up on two Windows Server 2012 machines in a domain, the DFS consists of one namespace, two servers, several replication groups each containing one folder. I have been ordered to implement DFS-R monitoring via our local…
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How to verify DFS replication for EVERY file?

Was wondering if there is a way to verify that every single file from the source server is replicated over to the secondary server. I understand there's a command Get-DfsrFileHash that can verify the files are sync'ed but I'm working with about 6 TB…
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DFSR fails before initialization. Event ID: 4010, 3006, 2010, 4004

I have a 2 server DFSR configuration where I am attempting to replicate two shares between them. ServerA (2008R2) is the primary and ServerB(2012R2) is the receiver, both are DCs. The RepFolder on ServerA was previously configured in a replication…
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DFS Namespace is inaccessible when DC4 is up and running

DC1, DC2 and DC3 are at site A. DC4 and DFS server (2008 R2) are at Site B. DC4 is Server 2003 and not a Global Catalog. DC1, DC2 and DC3 all are Server 2003, FSMO role holders and a Global Catalog. DC1 is Master DNS (SOA) for the Domain, All DC's…
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Do DFS logs contain folder permission changes?

I have a DFS server sharing files and want to see when an admin gave read/write/full control to a user in a DFS share. Is there any way I can view this? I have checked in C:\Windows\Debug but the log files don't seem to show any changes made to file…
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DFS Namespace inaccessible when PDC is unavailable or moved

Our current setup uses two DFS servers acting as referral servers for our DFS Namespace. The data is replicated from the Live server to the DR server at our second location. The aim is to have the second server be always live for referrals but the…
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DFS synchronisation over slow internet connection

I am configuring DFS replication on 2 servers connected over a VPN. The VPN is over a ADSL line with 0.06mb upload speed. server1 - 192.168.1.2 server2 - 192.168.2.2 Both servers can see each other over the VPN by name, however if I was to set up…
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