Enabling Distributed File System and creating a Namespace
Distributed File System (DFS) is a technology included with Windows Server 2019 that enables multiple file servers to share a single Namespace, enabling end users to access files and folders from a single network name. DFS has been around as a standard Windows component since Windows 2000 – it's not a new technology. However, early versions had a lot of accessibility and replication issues. As of Server 2019, though, DFS is a very solid technology. It allows those accessing files to not have to worry about which server they are currently in contact with; they simply utilize the Namespace of the DFS environment and let the servers do all the grunt work in making sure that all the files and folders are available to the users, no matter where those files happen to be physically sitting. Another way to think of it is as a collection of network shares, all stuck together under the same umbrella that is the DFS Namespace...