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Stanford Windows Infrastructure - DFS Namespace
Distributed File System (DFS) Namespace allows group and home shares on different windows servers to be grouped together and present them to users as a virtual tree of folders known as a namespace. DFS will give Stanford a unified namespace for Window (CIFS) based file storage similar to AFS.
Stanford's DFS Namespace
The DFS namespace for Stanford begins at \\win.stanford.edu
IT Servers will support a set of root servers with the following roots. Departments, Schools and Groups can request links to their own windows servers.
| Roots | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| class | Class based | No configured |
| data | No configured | |
| dept | Departments and Schools | Bata Testing |
| dist | Software Distributions | No configured |
| group | Groups and Clubs | No configured |
| users | Users | No configured |
Accessing the DFS Namespace
The DFS Namespace is an integrated part of Active Directory, requiring users to have a SUNetID and their computer systems configured to authenticate with the Windows Infrastructure .
Supported Clients and Targets
A client is any system that a user will use to access file shares and data located on a specific share. A target is a server that will host the data and the share point.
| Operating System | Supported | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 2000 Pro | Yes | Client |
| Windows XP Pro | Yes | Client |
| Windows Server 2000 | Yes | Client or Target |
| Windows Server 2003 | Yes | Client or Target |
| Apple OS 10.x | Partial | Client (3rd Party Software Required) |
How to Use/Join
This is a new service that we have developed for users of Windows Infrastructure, and right now we are still working on documentation and how to use options for now if you would like to join/use DFS-N please contact Sean Riordan (sriordan@stanford.edu) or Ross Wilper (rwilper@stanford.edu).
