(This requirement applies to every namespace server that hosts a given domain-based namespace.)Ĭan be hosted by a failover cluster to increase the availability of the namespace. Must be a member server or domain controller in the domain in which the namespace is configured. Must contain an NTFS volume to host the namespace.Ĭan be a member server or domain controller.
The following table describes additional factors to consider when choosing servers to host a namespace. Servers that are running the following operating systems can host a single stand-alone namespace: Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and Enterprise Editions.Servers that are running the following operating systems can host multiple domain-based namespaces in addition to a single stand-alone namespace. The number of namespaces you can host on a server is determined by the operating system running on the namespace server.
There are no additional hardware or software requirements for running DFS Management or using DFS Namespaces.Ī namespace server is a domain controller or member server that hosts a namespace. You can administer namespaces by using DFS Management, the DFS Namespace (DFSN) Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell, the DfsUtil command, or scripts that call WMI.
This topic discusses how to install DFS, what's new, and where to find evaluation and deployment information. A user who browses to \\Contoso\Public\Software\Tools is transparently redirected to the shared folder \\LDN-SVR-01\Tools or \\NYC-SVR-01\Tools, depending on which site the user is currently located in. In the previous figure, the folder named Tools has two folder targets, one in London and one in New York, and the folder named Training Guides has a single folder target in New York. The folder target is where data and content is stored.