LaCie 12big Rack Network - Technical Brief Manual

LaCie Professional Server Table of Contents
Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 1
Table of Contents
1. Technical Brief: DFS ...................................................................................................... 3
2. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 3
3. Distributed File System (DFS) ........................................................................................ 4
3.1. Namespaces (DFS-N) ....................................................................................................................... 4
3.1.1. Namespace Example - Branch Office ....................................................................................... 5
3.2. Replication (DFS-R) ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.2.1. Replication Example - Branch Office ...................................................................................... 12
3.2.2. DFS-R as Backup .................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.3. DFS-R and Simultaneous File Sharing ..................................................................................... 14
4. Namespaces ............................................................................................................... 15
4.1. Create the Namespace ................................................................................................................... 15
4.1.1. New Namespace.................................................................................................................. 15
4.1.2. Add a Namespace Server (Domain only) ................................................................................ 20
4.1.3. Namespace: Creating Tree Folders and Adding Shared Folders ............................................... 22
5. Replication.................................................................................................................. 31
5.1. Why DFS-R? .................................................................................................................................. 31
5.2. DFS-R Setup .................................................................................................................................. 32
6. Contacting Customer Support ..................................................................................... 54
6.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ................................................................................................... 54