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Business Challenges
DFS lacks a central feature important for a
collaborative environment where inter-office
file servers are mirrored and data is shared:
File Locking. Without integrated file locking,
using DFS to mirror file servers exposes live
documents to version conflicts. That is, a colleague
in Office A can open and edit a document at the same
time a colleague in Office B is working on the same document.
In such a scenario, DFS will only save the changes made by
the person closing the file last.
Moreover, another version conflict potential arises even
if these two colleagues are not editing the file simultaneously.
DFS Replication works on a single threaded, "pull" process.
As a result, synchronization tasks can easily "queue" up and
create a backlog whereby changes made from one location are
not replicated to the other side in an immediate manner.
This time delay creates another opportunity for file version
conflicts
Solution
The surest and simplest way of eliminating version
conflicts when using DFS is to add a true file
locking solution - one that offers, at a minimum,
real-time detection of file use and immediate remote
locking. Such as Peerlock. This assures that when
a file is open at location A, all other versions -
say local copies at various branch offices - are
locked down, preventing anyone from opening and revising it.
When the file closes, the file lock is immediately released
and ready for synchronization.
Evaluate PeerLock today with
your DFS installation.
While many customers enjoy the benefits of adding file locking to DFS, please bear in mind the potential synchronization backlogs while using DFS.
For a true solution that offers both real-time file locking AND real-time replication, thus eliminating version conflict and providing a fail-safe collaborative framework, evaluate our complete PEER Collaboration Package.
Download a 15-day Trial of the PEER Collaboration Package (File Locking and Immediate Replication Solution)
PEER Benefits
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Transparent file locking among N number of geographical office branches/Servers
- Cross Domain File Locking
- Real-Time File Locking among Servers
- Multi-Threaded File Locking and Release
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