DFS Namespaces provides routing options for folders, links

The two previous articles in this series looked at the way DFS makes file access across multiple file servers more transparent to an organization's users and the new DFS terminology in R2. In this article we'll look at the DFS-Namespace component.

In R2, the DFS service has been split into two separate components: DFS-Namespaces (DFS-N) and DFS-Replication (DFS-R). Splitting the DFS service into two components allows you to make a more granular decision regarding the services you deploy on

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your file servers. If you only use a unified namespace, you can skip installing the DFS-R component unless (and until) your environment expands to the point that it requires replication capabilities.

The DFS Namespaces feature in R2 offers the following updated capabilities:

About the author: Laura E. Hunter (CISSP, MCSE: Security, MCDBA, Microsoft MVP) is a senior IT specialist with the University of Pennsylvania where she provides network planning, implementation and troubleshooting services for business units and schools within the university. Hunter is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" award in the area of Windows Server-Networking. She is the author of the Active Directory Field Guide (APress Publishing).

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