DFS vs CIFS

Outline

What is CIFS?

What is Microsoft CIFS?

Requirements for Global File Systems

What is Microsoft’s File System (Dfs)?

Naming in Microsoft’s File System (Dfs)

Security in Microsoft’s File System (Dfs)

Microsoft’s Local File System

Microsoft Dfs - What’s missing?

Microsoft Dfs - What’s missing?

Microsoft Dfs - What’s missing?

Microsoft Dfs - What’s missing?

DFS - Benefits

DFS Benefits: Scalability

DFS Benefits: Administration

DFS Benefits: Platform Coverage

DFS Benefits: Security

DFS Benefits: Availability & Performance

DFS & CIFS

DFS on Macintosh

Comparison for Our Applications

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Summary

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