PEERLOCK

PEERLOCK

FILE LOCKING FOR MICROSOFT DFSR

(THE MISSING FEATURE)

Effective file sharing and collaboration environments require the combination of file replication and locking. Without file locking, users will eventually encounter corrupted files and version conflicts as shared project files are accessed, updated, and replicated by multiple users across multiple servers on a network.

PeerLock Server provides network file locking while local shared files are in use. This ensures that when a user is modifying a file, no other user will be allowed to make changes to that file on any machine that is part of the PeerLock configuration. PeerLock integrates seamlessly with Microsoft DFSR to create a comprehensive collaboration environment.

PeerLock is an entry-level product originally designed to help organizations establish a file collaboration environment by adding file locking, a missing feature, to Microsoft DFSR. Unfortunately, many users discover the lack of file locking in DFSR after they have encountered problems with file version conflicts and corruption.

Main Features

Real-time Detection of File Use and Immediate Remote Locking

Cross-Domain File Locking

Failed Connections Retry

Instant file locking

Can be run as a service

Source/Target Folder/File Filter

Support for UNC folder/path names

Easy install and unobtrusive operation

Create/View and close folder selections in MS Windows Explorer

Admin Log Reporting

COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING CONSOLE

Service Level Agreements are common these days, whether they are internal or external. To ensure that you can meet these service levels, control over your processes is key. PeerLock is tightly integrated with Peer Administrator, which enables you to view and manage all PeerLock instances in one central console.

SUPPORTED FILE TYPES

PeerLock can lock all file types--when the application supports a file handle--to lock the corresponding target file in the same manner as it is locked on the source system.

PEERLOCK SETUP EXAMPLE

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - 2012 R2

Depending on the size of the organization and the location that needs to be included, Microsoft DFSR has limits on what it can handle. Because of this, Peer Software has developed a portfolio of comprehensive collaboration solutions, which are able to support larger environments with TB's of data and thousands of users around the world. The following table will give you a simplified overview of each solution and when to use it.

Peer Software File Collaboration Solutions

	MS DFSR PEERLOCK	PEERLINK
Supported OS	Windows	Windows, Data OnTap
Replication Engine	Microsoft DFSR	PeerLink
File Locking during transfer	NO	YES
Central Monitoring Console	NO	YES
Replication Topology	Full Mesh	Hub & Spoke
Supported Network Latency	< 150 ms	> 150 ms
Recommended Sites (*1)	3 (10)	unlimited
Cross Domain	NO	YES
Cross AD Trees	NO	YES