Roaming Profles & Home Folders located in SYSVOL or usng DFS ?

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Hi. We are currently adding Roaming Profles, redrected My Documents, mapped
user data folder for each user and central location for software
distribution. On our network we have 2 DCs and 2 member servers (XP
Clients). We are trying to decide where to locate the above data and using
what method to make it available so that it can be accessed on both the main
DC and backup DC should one fail. So far we were considering using the
SYSVOL folder or using DFS.

Can anyone advise the best location to locate the files and any advantages
or disadvantages on which method to use to make them available ?

Thanks for any help,
Stuart.
 
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Stuart said:
Hi. We are currently adding Roaming Profles, redrected My Documents,
mapped user data folder for each user and central location for
software distribution. On our network we have 2 DCs and 2 member
servers (XP Clients). We are trying to decide where to locate the
above data and using what method to make it available so that it can
be accessed on both the main DC and backup DC should one fail. So
far we were considering using the SYSVOL folder or using DFS.

Can anyone advise the best location to locate the files and any
advantages or disadvantages on which method to use to make them
available ?
Thanks for any help,
Stuart.
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My short answer: use DFS. The sysvol folders aren't meant to store/replicate
large amounts of user data.
 
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