File replication

[Henry Pham]

If you have multiple servers set up in a dfs share, and
two different users make two different changes to the same
file on two different replication peers what happens ?
Does the latest update win (time wise) or does the system
require manual intervention from the admin to determine
which copy of the file to keep ?
Thanks

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

FRS uses a last-writer wins algorithm for files, so someone could lose
changes if two people are working on the same file on two different replica
members. This is one reason why we don't recommend FRS for files that are
changed by more than one person. Single-authorship scenarios and read-only
data are good candidates for FRS, though.