May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
30 pages
1h 21m
English
A DFS namespace can shield end users from the complexity of having a number of resources on different network file servers. With DFS in place, users do not have to remember UNC paths or map multiple drives to make sense of the File Services infrastructure. Instead, they can be presented with a single hierarchical folder structure.
DFS namespace—when used with DFS-R—also offers fault tolerance for the File Services infrastructure by mapping clients to alternate servers when a server is offline.
Use the following sequence to determine if the organization can benefit by adding DFS namespace services to the Windows Server 2008 File Services infrastructure:
Examine the inventory of the existing ...
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