Increasing Data Availability by Using FRS

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To design an FRS replication strategy, you need to take the following steps:

  1. Identify data to replicate.

  2. Choose the replication topology.

  3. Design the replication schedule.

  4. Plan the staging directory.

  5. Determine connection priorities.

The following sections describe each of these steps.

Important

  • If you configure FRS to replicate files on file servers running Windows 2000, it is highly recommended that you install the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and the post-SP3 release of Ntfrs.exe, or install later service packs that include this release. For more information about updating FRS, see article 811370, "Issues That Are Fixed in the Post-Service Pack 3 Release of Ntfrs.exe." To find this article, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.

For more information about FRS security, see "Planning DFS and FRS Security" later in this chapter.