DFS

What is DFS?

DFS expansions is Distributed File System

We can access multiple share folders which located on different file servers into single name space.

And it is providing and load balancing and data availability

FRS service is responsible for DFS replication. 

What is DFS & its usage

DFS is a distributed file system used to provide common environment for users to access files and folders even when they are shared in different servers physically.

There are two types of DFS domain DFS and Stand alone DFS. We cannot provide redundancy for standalone DFS in case of failure. Domain DFS is used in a domain environment which can be accessed by /domain name/root1 (root 1 is DFS root name). Stand alone DFS can be used in workgroup environment which can be accessed through /server name/root1 (root 1 is DFS root name). Both the cases we need to create DFS root (Which appears like a shared folder for end users) and DFS links (A logical link which is pointing to the server where the folder is physically shared)

ü  The maximum number of Dfs roots per server is 1.

ü  The maximum numbers of Dfs root replicas are 31.

ü  The maximum number of Dfs roots per domain is unlimited.

ü  The maximum number of Dfs links or shared folders in a Dfs root is 1,000