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Description
We report on the new, CERNBox-based stack, incorporating both Samba and CephFS, which is now providing Windows storage at CERN.
For nearly 30 years, the Distributed File System (DFS) ecosystem served as the main data storage platform for the Windows operating system at CERN. With a new demand for collaboration and access from anywhere worldwide, CERNBox has become the natural candidate to replace DFS.
The replacement process was planned in two phases. The first included Windows home directories for each user account at CERN. The second is presently underway and involves large shared spaces called projects.
This presentation will discuss the differences between native DFS and that offered by the CERNBox service, and the architectural choices that have made CERNBox a viable option for the Windows operating system community at CERN.
