I also have a plan to start researching this, so any experience would be helpful.

Aleks

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Andrew Klaassen clawsoon@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi all,

Is anyone currently using msdfs via Samba (or via Windows Server) to unify Windows mount points?

For those who aren't familiar with it, msdfs allows you to mount a bunch of servers on a single drive letter. It's handy if you're running out of drive letters because you've got too many servers.

I remember using it at DKP a few years back and having uneven experiences. Specifically, performance was sometimes wildly different between UNC and drive letter paths, and path elements would sometimes repeat themselves if they were accessed in certain ways. Have things gotten better?

I'm tempted to try it again, but I'd like to know if anyone has managed to use it since then without problems.

Andrew

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