Robocopy vs. DFS (?)

[William Hymen]

I'm trying to get an idea of what DFS will (or will not)
do for me.

I have two AD servers (Primary and backup) one in each of two
data centers, on the same domain. Each has 300 gig of RAID disk.

Every day, in data center #1, I will create new folders; and share each
folder out; then add specific "Domain\user" rights to the new directory and
the share.
These folders will contain new data that has to be backed up daily to
computer #2 in the other data center.
(tar files, zip files, 100mb+, some 1/2 gig or more)

Will DFS mirror these to computer #2 and disk-set #2 in the
other data center? (new folders+data+shares+folder&share rights)

Or should I just use robocopy?

Thanks in advance.

Bill

 

[Guest]

DFS and do this in conjunction with the File Replication Service (FRS), but
unfortunately the replication process can operate 24 hours a day.

Some companies only want to replicate data out-of-hours, and hence a 3rd
party product (like Repliweb) can be used.