LaCie Professional Server Table of ContentsTechnical Brief: Shared Folders page 1Table of Contents1. Technical Brief: DFS ...................................................................................................... 32. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 33. Distributed File System (DFS) ........................................................................................ 43.1. Namespaces (DFS-N) ....................................................................................................................... 43.1.1. Namespace Example - Branch Office ....................................................................................... 53.2. Replication (DFS-R) ........................................................................................................................ 123.2.1. Replication Example - Branch Office ...................................................................................... 123.2.2. DFS-R as Backup.................................................................................................................. 143.2.3. DFS-R and Simultaneous File Sharing..................................................................................... 144. Namespaces ............................................................................................................... 154.1. Create the Namespace................................................................................................................... 154.1.1. New Namespace.................................................................................................................. 154.1.2. Add a Namespace Server (Domain only) ................................................................................ 204.1.3. Namespace: Creating Tree Folders and Adding Shared Folders ............................................... 225. Replication.................................................................................................................. 315.1. Why DFS-R? .................................................................................................................................. 315.2. DFS-R Setup .................................................................................................................................. 326. Contacting Customer Support ..................................................................................... 546.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ................................................................................................... 54