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When to use Failover Shared Folder
Failover Share Folder is designed for network drive sharing on the
cluster server.
If you have drives or folders shared out for network usage (through
Windows "map network drive"), you will need to setup this
configuration to ensure that drives or folders are properly shared out on
the Secondary server when the Failover occurs.
- Typical applications of Failover Shared Folder
Web server and File server are the typical examples in need
of shared folders. IT personnel may need to access the web site remotely
to update web pages. Network clients of a file server may nee to get a
shared folder for local use for high convenience and efficiency.
For these reasons, shared folders failover can guarantee non-interrupted
work and no loss of data.
