Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 77)

Deleting a File Share
1. Click the Start button and select Programs → Administrative→ Tools→ Cluster Administrator.
2. In the Cluster Administrator window console tree, click the Resources folder.
3. In the right window pane, right-click the file share you want to remove and select Delete.
NOTE: When you delete a resource, Cluster Administrator automatically deletes all the resources that have a a
dependency on the deleted resource.
DFS File Shares
You can use the File Share resource type selection in Cluster Administrator to create a resource that manages a stand-alone
DFS root; however, fault-tolerant DFS roots cannot be managed by this resource. The DFS root File Share resource has
required dependencies on a network name and an IP address. The network name can be either the cluster name or any other
network name for a virtual server.
A cluster-managed DFS root is different from an Active Directory (or domain-based) DFS root. If the data set does not
change very often, using and replicating a domain-based DFS root can be a better selection than a cluster-managed DFS root
for providing high availability. If the data set changes frequently, replication is not recommended, and a cluster-managed DFS
root is the better solution.
Table 5-4 provides a summary for choosing the appropriate DFS root management scheme.
See the Dell PowerVault 77xN NAS Systems Administrator's Guide for more information.
Table 5-4. Selecting the Appropriate DFS Root Management Scheme
Data Set Activity DFS Root Management
Data changes often Domain-based
Data does not change very often Cluster-managed
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports multiple stand-alone DFS roots. The DFS
roots can exist in multiple resource groups and each group can be hosted on a different node in the cluster.
File Share Resource Types
If you want to use a PowerVault NAS SCSI cluster as a high-availability file server, you will need to select the type of file
share for your resource. Three ways to use this resource type are available:
Basic file share — Publishes a single file folder to the network under a single name.
Share subdirectories — Publishes several network names—one for each file folder and all of its immediate subfolders.
This method is an efficient way to create large numbers of related file shares on a single file server.
For example, you can create a file share for each user with files on the cluster node.
DFS root — Creates a resource that manages a stand-alone DFS root. Fault tolerant DFS roots cannot be managed by
this resource. A DFS root file share resource has required dependencies on a network name and an IP address. The
network name can be either the cluster name or any other network name for a virtual server.