DFS doesn't scale well

After working with DFS for several clients now, I've decided that DFS just doesn't scale well. The problems of what happens when replication breaks down across a WAN is just too ugly with large amounts of data.

At one client with 400 gigs on the DFS, the replication broke down and took two weeks to iron out all of the kinks. At another, it was 1.2 gigabytes of data and I had to ship the server back to get that working again.

I've also noticed very odd peformance when someone VPNs in, too.

I think I'll revise my earlier post and recommend using DFS for just application installation.

Let's get serious

I've been trying to get serious about this blog and I just read How To Achieve Ultimate Blog Success In One Easy Step http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000983.html and I'm going to try and stick to a three per week schedule.

Wish me luck.

Long time between postings

August? That's way too long between postings. Well, a lot has been going on? I guess I can use that as an excuse, even if it is pretty lame.

I did manage to take all of the tests and wrap up my Microsoft Certified IT Professional for SQL 2005. And, about a week later, they annouced the release date for SQL 2008. I just looked at the documentation for '08 and it looks like SQL 2005 Service Pack 3. I'm just not seeing the big advantages. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.