Determining the Replication Topology
Windows Server 2012 DFS provides a number of built-in replication topologies to choose from when an administrator is configuring replication between DFS folder targets or replication group members; they’re described next. As a general guideline, it might be prudent to configure DFSR connections and a schedule to follow current Active Directory site replication topology connections or the existing network topology when the organization wants true multimaster replication.
Hub and Spoke
A hub-and-spoke topology is somewhat self-descriptive. A single target is designated as the replication hub server, and every other target (spoke target) replicates exclusively with it. The hub target has two replication connections ...
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