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Implement DFS

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Implement DFS

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- [Instructor] DFS enables you to replicate files and folders between file servers that are distributed across your organization at different physical locations. You can implement DFS in a number of different ways to support your specific needs. DFS consists of one or more namespaces, folders and folder targets. A DFS namespace provides a virtual representation of your shared folder structure. In the example, each file server has a shared folder called Data, Contoso-SVR1\Data, Contoso-SVR2\Data and Contoso-SVR3\Data. If users in Contoso want to access all three Data folders, they must remember three separate UNC shared folder names. By deploying a DFS namespace, you can consolidate these multiple shared folders into a single UNC name. For example, Contoso.com\Data. Beneath that, you might have a London, New York, or Sydney subfolder, which represents the target UNC for this specific server. This is far more convenient for your users. DFS provides two types of DFS namespace…

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