Distributed File System (DFS)

Distributed File System (DFS)


Reply by Luis Colon (GE)


1)What type of data (text, photo, etc) will be stored in DFS?


Photos, Badge Designs, Signatures and Alarm Graphics.


2)What is the usual Data Volume to be synchronize between the three DB through WAN?


Depends on the size of the system. Each transaction (alarm and badge) are roughly 1kb in size. You would have to calculate the expected system activity and proceed from there.


3)What is the recover procedure if any one of the Regional Server down?


It's a manual process. After the Regional is back to full operation, you would have to initiate a manual recovery from the Client Form.


4)What is the mechanism of SP DFS Synchronization?


Standard, Microsoft DFS technology. This is a Windows technology that has nothing to do with SP.


Please provide your clients using SP Global system with DFS configuration.


5)All Global systems in the US and abroad are using DFS, as this is a requirement for the setup.