Filtered articles: "DFS"

Filtered articles: "DFS"
New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Windows (7 and 2008 R2), PowerShell and Citrix
Published by Helge Klein on 02/11/2010 | 8 Comments | 7,668 Views

Windows General

Good info for troubleshooting DFS-Namespaces in the MS KB: Storage locations, inconsistencies and how to deal with them. Complex passwords and security guidelines for end users? No, thank you, says MS researcher. I agree.
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Replicating User Profiles Between Sites (With or Without DFS) - Why it Should be Avoided
Published by Helge Klein on 07/30/2009 | 4 Comments | 9,148 Views

Roaming user profiles seems like such a good idea at first, but it causes a myriad of problems in practice. One of these problems stems from the fact that the master copy of each profile is stored on a central file share. That file share needs to be accessible over a fast connection from all machines a user is logging on to, or logons tend to become very slow. This proximity requirement is easy to meet if only one site is involved, but what if users roam between different locations, or if terminal servers are distributed across several data centers? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question.
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User Profile and Home Directory Storage: Distributing the Load Across Multiple File Servers
Published by Helge Klein on 04/13/2009 | 6 Comments | 10,596 Views

The easiest way to assign user profile and home directories is via group policy. But that can only be done per computer. There is no (simple) way to point different users' directories to different file servers. So what? No problem at all, until the number of users is too large for a single file server to handle. This article discusses what can be done to spread the user load.
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Do You Still Hide Your Share$?
Published by Helge Klein on 03/01/2009 | 1 Comments | 5,730 Views

Subtitle: Fighting Another Legacy of the NT Era

Hiding network shares by appending a dollar sign is a common practice among administrators. While by itself that is neither good nor bad, it is a perfect example of how customs establish themselves in the IT industry in exactly the same way they do in other subcultures. Putting it differently, another fine specimen of an IT legend.
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