Hi,
Yes these 2 functions could be separated.
With DFS-N, we can combine multiple folder targets on different file server into a same path like \\domain.com\namespace\folder. Users will be directed to their insite target automatically for saving network cost.
Sometimes we just need to sync folders so we do not need to set DFS-N in this purpose.
And no there is specific benefits with or without either of them - Of course we need DFS-R to keep file syncing if we have more than 1 folder targets in DFS-N.
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