Lacie professional server table of contents technical brief: shared folders page 1 table of contents 1. Technical brief: dfs ...................................................................................................... 3 2. Administrator ........................................................
Lacie professional server foreword technical brief: dfs page 2 copyrights copyright©2010lacie.Allrightsre- served.Nopartofthispublicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, withoutt...
Lacie professional server introduction technical brief: dfs page 3 1. Technical brief: dfs pleaseconsiderthistechnicalbriefasavaluableresourceonhow tointegratedfsnamespacesanddfsreplicationintoyourlacie professionalserver.Whileanexhaustiveexplanationmicrosoftfile servicesisbeyondthescopeofthistechni...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 4 3. Distributed file system (dfs) anetworkadministratorusesadistributedfilesystem(dfs)tomain- tainandsharethenumerousfilesstoredonthecompanyserver(s). Importantfunctionssuchasdatasecurity,permissions,andacces- sibilityareintegratedin...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 5 3.1.1. Namespace example - branch office acompanycalledlaciehasofficesinparisandnewyork.Thenet- workadministratorwantstoprovideaccesstodatastoredinparisto thebranchinnewyorkandvice-versa.However,therearegrowing concernsthatemployeea...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 6 table 02 - lacie shared and data folders lacie 12big rack network (x2) - paris 5big storage server - new york sharedfolders ✦ datafolders accountingeurope ✦ accountspayableeurope ✦ accountsreceivableeurope ✦ projectedbudgetseurope ✦...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 7 seeingsomanysharedfolders,itisveryeasytounderstandwhya namespace would help with file management and data security. Notingthelistofsharedfoldersin table 02 - lacie shared and data folders , a salaried employee who works in accountin...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 8 an accounting manager must use files in eight of the ten shared folders: accountingamericas , accountingeurope , marketingamer- icas , marketingeurope , softwaredevelopmentamericas , software developmenteurope , and creativeservices...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 9 table 03 - a single namespace with folder hierarchy namespace tree folder target folders shared folder server location lacie_files accounting ✦ americas ✦ accountingamericas ✦ 5bigstorage(newyork) ✦ europe ✦ accountingeurope ✦ 12big...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 10 in fig. 03 ,thedfsmanagementwindowliststhetreefoldersand theirtargetfolders. Fig.03 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 11 allusersinnewyorkandpariswillhaveaccesstolacie_files.Note thetargetandsharedfoldersontheleftin fig. 04 . Fig.04 fromourexampleearlier,asalariedemployeeintheaccounting department has been granted permission to open the accounting am...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 12 3.2. Replication (dfs-r) dfs-risafileservicethatcanhelpadministratorscontrolbandwidth issuesoverawideareanetwork(wan).Usersaccessingfilesfrom theirlocalnetwork,orlan,usuallyexperiencelimitedtonodelays. However,lagsinviewingfilesare...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 13 byenablingdfs-ronfolders,theadministratorcanreplicatedata storedonremoteserverstolan-basedservers.Sinceausers’sac- cess is prioritized by geography, data will no longer be dragged acrossthewan.Instead,filesareretrievedfromthereplic...
Lacie professional server dfs-n & dfs-r technical brief: dfs page 14 3.2.2. Dfs-r as backup while the primary goal of our example is to improve bandwidth performance,thereareotheradvantagestoemployingdfsreplica- tion.Asitturnsout,replicatingdatatootherserversisasimpleand effectivewaytoconfigureanaut...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 15 4. Namespaces oncedfshasbeeninstalledonyourlacieprofessionalserver,you cancreatenamespacestoorganizetargetfoldersandfiles. 4.1. Create the namespace 4.1.1. New namespace 1. Tolaunchthe newnamespacewizard ,gotostart >admin- istrative to...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 16 3. Enteranameforthenewnamespace( fig. 06 ). Fig.06 4. Tomodifythesettingsforthenamespace,clickedit settings... ( fig. 06 )andseethenextstep. Continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 17 5. In fig. 07 , we are creating a path for the namespace in d , theletterassignedtothe12bignetwork-1 datavolume.As adefault,windowsstorageservercreates dfsroots tobetter identifythedfsincomparisonwithotherfiles.Thenamecanbe changedbyth...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 18 7. Reviewthechoicesyouhavemadeforthenamespaceandclick create ( fig. 09 ). Fig.09 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 19 8. Itwilltakeafewminutestocreatethenamespace.Oncefin- ished,aconfirmationwindowappears( fig. 10 ). Fig.10 9. Thenamespacehasbeenaddedtotheserver( fig. 11 ). Fig.11.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 20 4.1.2. Add a namespace server (domain only) onceanewnamespaceiscreated,youcanaddittootherservers inthedomain.Whilemanyofthestepsaresimilar,thisprocessis notthesameasmakinganeworseparatenamespace. 1. Createthefirstnamespace( 4.1.1. New ...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 21 5. Choosethepathforthenamespacefolderontheserver( fig. 14 ).Clickok. Fig.14 6. Thenamespacewillbecreatedonthenewserver( fig. 15 ). Fig.15 7. Forourexample,thesamestepswouldberepeatedforthethird lacieprofessionalserver,5bigstorage. Cont...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 22 8. Fig. 16 illustrates the namespace on all three servers in the domainlacie.Com. Fig.16 4.1.3. Namespace: creating tree folders and adding shared folders oncethenamespacehasbeencreatedandaddedtootherservers inthedomain,theadministrato...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 23 2. Right-clickontheservernamespaceandchoosenew fold- er...( fig. 17 ) fig.17 3. Typethenameofthefolder.Thisisthenameofoneofthetree folders( fig. 18 ).Clickadd... Fig.18 4. Create additional tree folders as in step 3. Click ok when fini...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 24 5. Fig. 19 illustratesthetreefoldersshownearlieron table 03 - a single namespace with folder hierarchy . Fig.19 6. Ourexamplehasofficesinnewyorkandparis.Earlier,thead- ministratorcreatedsharedfoldersfortheamericasandeurope. Now, he wil...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 25 7. Type the name of the folder. This is the name of one of the targetfolders( fig. 21 ). Fig.21 8. Tocreatethelinkstosharedfolders,clickadd...( fig. 21 ) continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 26 9. The browse for shared folders window will appear ( fig. 22 ). Click browse... To select the server with the shared folder. From table 03 - a single namespace with folder hierarchy ,we knowthat accountingeurope isstoredon12bignetwork...
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 27 11.An addfoldertarget pop-upwindowwillappear.Confirmyour selectionandclickok ( fig. 23 ). Fig.23 12.Clickokagain( fig. 24 ). Fig.24 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 28 13.Repeatthesamestepsforadditionaltargetfolders( fig. 25 ). Fig.25 14. Fig. 26 showstheserverdirectoryaftercreatingtheaccounting treefolderandaddingthetargetfolders. Fig.26 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 29 15. Fig. 27 showsthesamedirectoryafteraddingallthetarget folderstothetreefolders. Fig.27 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server namespace technical brief: dfs page 30 16. Fig. 28 showstheworkstationdirectory.Notethatonlyonenet- workdriveismounted,thenamespacelacie_files.Accessto thefoldersandfilesisnoweasytomanage. Fig.28.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 31 5. Replication settingupdfs-rrequiresanumberofstepsbutthelevelofdifficulty isnothigh.However,itisimportanttorememberthereasonsfor replicatingfoldersandhowitwillhelptoresolvecertainbandwidth issues. 5.1. Why dfs-r? Inourongoingexample...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 32 5.2. Dfs-r setup fordfs-rtowork,theadministratormustaddthetargetfolders totheserversthatwillreceivethereplicatedfiles.Selectthetarget folderthatyouwishtoreplicate.Inourexample,wewillchoosethe targetfolders, americas and europe . Go t...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 33 3. Select the server that will receive the replicated files. For this step,theadministratorchooses12bignetwork-1( fig. 31 )to receivedatastoredon5bigstorage. Fig.31 4. Asharedfoldermustbecreatedonthereceivingserverasa matchfortheorig...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 34 6. Whileitispossibletogivethisfolderanyname,theadministra- torusesthesamenameastheoriginalsharedfoldertoavoid confusion.Confirmthepermissions( fig. 32 ). Fig.32 7. Clickbrowse... ( fig. 32 )tochoosealocalpathfortheshared folder. 8. T...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 35 9. Click ok( fig. 34 ). Fig.34 10.Thesharedfolderonthe12bignetwork-1isnowreadyto receivereplicateddata.Selectitandclickok ( fig. 35 ). Fig.35 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 36 11.Notethepathtothenewsharedfolder( fig. 36 ).Clickok to enterthe replicatefolderwizard . Fig.36 12.Areplicationwindowwillappear,askingifyouwishtokeep the two folders synchronized ( fig. 37 ). In this case, it is the shared folder on...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 37 13.The replicatefolderwizard appears.Notethatthefieldscon- taintheinformationfromtheearliersteps( fig. 38 ).Clcknext>. Fig.38 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 38 14.Baseduponthenamegiventothesharedfolder,thewizardwill search for eligible folders on the network for replication ( fig. 39 ).Clicknext>. Fig.39 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 39 15.Choose the server that has the shared folder with the data. 5bigstorageisconsideredthe primarymember atthisstage sinceitholdsthedata( fig. 40 ).Oncethereplicationisfinished, both shared folders will be equal, each containing the s...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 40 16.Full meshwillreplicatedatainalldirectionsbetweentheserv- ersinareplicationgroup.Thisistheidealchoiceforourex- amplesincedataaddedto12bignetwork-1willbeauto- maticallyreplicatedonto5bigstorage,andvice-versa.Click next >( fig. 41 )....
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 41 17.Selecthowthereplicationshouldoccur,continuouslyorona fixedschedule( fig. 42 ).Theadministratormayalsoselectthe amountofbandwidthtoassignthereplication.Clicknext>. Fig.42 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 42 18.Reviewthesettingsandclickcreate ( fig. 43 ). Fig.43 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 43 19.The confirmation window will appear once the replication is complete( fig. 44 ).Clickclose. Fig.44 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 44 20.Anotificationwindowprovidesdetailsonthe replicationdelay ( fig. 45 ). Fig.45 21.There are now two replicated folders in new york and paris. Pleasenotethegreenarrowabovethe americas targetfolder. Itmeansthatdataisbeingreplicated( f...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 45 22.The administrator will now add a third server to the replica- tiongroup.Forsomecompanies,additionalserversmaybelo- catedatotherbranchsites.Forthisexample,theadministrator isprovidinggreaterflexibilitytothenetworkbyreplicatingonto ...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 46 23.Inthe newfoldertarget window,theadministratormaychoose howtoreplicatedatatothethirdserver.Forthefullreplication, choosefull mesh to all members( fig. 48 ).Clickbrowse...To createthesharedfolderon12bignetwork-2. Fig.48 continued on...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 47 24.Clickbrowse... Ortypethenameoftheserver( fig. 49 ). 25.Clickshow shared folderstoseethecurrentfoldersonthe thirdserver( fig. 49 ). 26.Clicknew shared folder( fig. 49 ). Fig.49 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 48 27.Write the name of the shared folder in the share name field ( fig. 50 ). 28.Clickbrowse...Tocreatethepathtothe12bignetwork-2 ( fig. 50 ). Fig.50 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 49 29.Type the name of the shared folder for the third server ( fig. 51 ).Clickmake new foldertoenterthenameoftheshared folder.Selectthenewfolderandclickok. Fig.51 30.Inthe createshare window,confirmthesharedfoldersettings andclickok ( ...
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 50 31. In the browse for shared folders window, click once on the newlycreatedsharedfolder( fig. 53 ).Clickok. Fig.53 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 51 32.Thesharedfolderhasbeencreated.Inthe newfoldertarget window,confirmthesettingsandpathbeforeclickingok( fig. 54 ). Fig.54 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 52 33.Thereplicationprogresswindowwillappear( fig. 55 ). Fig.55 34.Thesharedfolderisnowreplicatedonthreeservers( fig. 56 ). Fig.56 continued on the next page>>.
Lacie professional server replication technical brief: dfs page 53 35.Toviewtheserversinthereplicationgroup,gotostart > ad- ministrative tools > dfs management > replication > domain [lacie.Com]\shared folder [accounting americas] ( fig. 57 ). Fig.57 36.Repeatthestepstoenabledfsreplicationforadditio...
Lacie professional server contacting customer support technical brief: dfs page 54 6. Contacting customer support 6.1. Lacie technical support contacts lacieasia http://www.Lacie.Com/cn/contact/ lacieaustralia http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ laciebelgium http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ (dutch) htt...
