loadbalancing failover options with UNC paths?

[tom11011]

Are there any options for load balancing when it comes to unc paths? I have an app that requires:

\\servername\share

thanks.

 

[mrdenny]

I beleive that there are some options in DFS that can do this for you. Someone with more experience with DFS than I will need to speak to it however.

Denny
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[tom11011]

what about \\10.1.1.1\share

where 10.1.1.1 is a virtual ip?

 

[ScottCr]

mrdenny is right. Domain based DFS will do exactly what you want.

you'll end up with a path like

\\domainname\sharename

but it will point to multiple targets like

\\server1\share
\\server2\share

http://scottcross.blogspot.com

Windows and NT Admin.

 

[tom11011]

Is DFS available on windows 2000 standard or windows 2003 standard?

thanks.

 

[ScottCr]

Its available on both,

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/howto/dfsguide.mspx

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Windows and NT Admin.