[Samba] Dfs - Load Balancing

[marion.haines at brevardcounty.us]

I'm also interested in using DFS but have no previous experience with it.  Just what are the issues???


TIA,
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jerry Haltom [mailto:jhaltom at feedbackplusinc.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:04 PM
To:	iSMTP at GC2A@Servers["David Chait
Cc:	iSMTP at GC2A@Servers
Subject:	Re: [Samba] Dfs - Load Balancing

 << File: Headers.822 >> I will second this.

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 19:48, David Chait wrote:
> I am not certain how Samba specifically will handle this, but I can say from
> experience that MS's FRS/DFS implimentation is a dissaster, don't go near it
> if you value your data.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nicholas McDowell" <teknik at theorphanage.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:28 PM
> Subject: [Samba] Dfs - Load Balancing
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with using the Dfs
> > functionality within Samba.
> >
> > I've been searching for any performance information and or documentation
> > regarding Dfs in particular load balancing i.e.
> >
> > 1) How does it load balance?  Is it some sort of round robin?
> > 2) Is there a limit to the number of servers that can used in the load
> > balance?
> > 3) How many requests per second can Dfs handle?
> >
> > Any information or links would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nicholas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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