Tandberg Data NAS Hardware Viking FS-1500 - Manual (Page 93)

Tandberg Data Distributed File System
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• Namespace server. A namespace server hosts a namespace. The
namespace server can be a member server or a domain controller.
• Namespace root. The root is the starting point of the namespace. In
the previous figure, the name of the root is Public, and the
namespace path is \\Contoso\Public. This type of namespace is
known as a domain-based namespace, because it begins with a
domain name (for example, Contoso) and its metadata is stored in
Active Directory. Although a single namespace server is shown in
the previous figure, a domain-based namespace can be hosted on
multiple namespace servers.
• Folder. Folders help build the namespace hierarchy. Folders can
optionally have folder targets. When users browse a folder with
targets in the namespace, the client computer receives a referral
that directs the client computer to one of the folder targets.
• Folder targets. A folder target is a UNC path of a shared folder or
another namespace that is associated with a folder in a namespace.
In the previous figure, the folder named Tools has two folder targets,
one in London and one in New York, and the folder named Training
Guides has a single folder target in New York. A user who browses
to \\Contoso\Public\Software\Tools is transparently redirected to the
shared folder \\LDN-SVR-01\Tools or \\NYC-SVR-01\Tools,
depending on which site the user is in.