DFS Replication

When an Active Directory domain exists, standalone and domain-based DFS namespaces support the replication of DFS data stored on multiple servers. This can be a valuable tool used to distribute company applications to each site or to provide centralized storage of remote office data for redundancy, centralized backup, and to support users who travel and work in different offices.

With the release of Windows Server 2003 R2 and further improved in Window 2008 R2, a new service to extend the functionality and optimize DFS Replication has been created. This new service is called the Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) service, which utilizes the new Remote Differential Compression (RDC) protocol. DFSR replaces the legacy File ...

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