Offline files

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Bill

Looking for any "beware of's" in the use of Offline Files in Win 2000.
I run a small 6 machine LAN with 5 on Win2000Pro and one on WinXPPro. I use
the latter as a "server" with everybody using files on that machine only.
It's a multi-user setup - whole family, daughter's friends etc etc.
Overnight I backup our files using MS Backup and Second Copy 2000 on to two
of the other machines, should the "server" go down. Our total data storage
amounts to about 10 Gigs - lots of images and years of other stuff. So I do
incremental backups mostly!! Heavily into use of access control through the
NTFS file system.
Question...I want to introduce a laptop into the LAN, but be able to take it
"on the road" easily and have local off line files. Does the built-in
offline files (not "Briefcase") thingy work well or are there hidden nasties
which you only discover when on the plane and away from home?
Thanks in advance.
Bill
 
Since you've already got at least one copy of Second Copy, I'd get another
and use that. I have had a lot of problems with offline files - lost data,
moved the source files to another server & lost the connection, etc etc
etc....and am not too fond of briefcase either. For $29 or whatever it is,
Second Copy is great...I use it as a standard app on all my clients'
laptops.
 
Thanks for the advice. I like SC a lot too and will stick to that. Just
wanted to know if the built-in things were worth trying - and you have told
me what I didn't want to hear, but what I expected to hear!!
Bill

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
That's just my experience (and that of several others I know) - but I've had
no problems with SC, frankly, so I'm uninclined to bother with offline files
anymore. :-)
Thanks for the advice. I like SC a lot too and will stick to that.
Just wanted to know if the built-in things were worth trying - and
you have told me what I didn't want to hear, but what I expected to
hear!! Bill

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Since you've already got at least one copy of Second Copy, I'd get
another and use that. I have had a lot of problems with offline
files - lost data, moved the source files to another server & lost
the connection, etc etc etc....and am not too fond of briefcase
either. For $29 or whatever it is, Second Copy is great...I use it
as a standard app on all my clients' laptops.
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