Buffalo Technology TS-RXL DFS Distributed File System, share pcsrv/backup backup, link/share

DFS (Distributed File System)

Distributed File System (or DFS) combines shares on the network server together into one tree.

In the following example, when the client computer addresses //tera/share/backup, it’s actually looking at files located at //pc_srv/backup. This is transparent to the user of the client computer. If the TeraStation is configured to address multiple DFS shares, then shares on other devices could be addressed as native shares on the TeraStation. For example, //tera/share/share might actually address data located at //link/share.

DFS Link

share

//pc_srv/backup

backup

Host Name: tera

share	PC Server
	DFS Link
Access to “//tera/share/backup”	//link/share
Client

Notes:

•Buffalo does not support using DFS with Mac OS X.

•Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 cannot properly address DFS link destinations that have access restrictions on one or more folders.

•DFS only works with SMB connections. AFP and FTP connections are not supported.

•Access restrictions configured on DFS link destinations are applied to the shared folder link. Access restrictions on the

DFS root or DFS links are not visible.

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