Say you have a site that is connected to the data center with low-latency fiber-no VPN. Now, say the use a DFS Namespace link for all their files. Users are mostly engineers creating run programs for automated cutters and users loading programs. They have been happily using this since they were acquired more than a year ago. And then, ALL OF A SUDDEN, their folder structure disappears! Only item left was the folder that used to contain their roaming profiles (after acquisition, we discontinued roaming profiles and copied their folder structure). Worse yet, it happens intermittently to many diverse users. Some with new engineering class PCs, some with laptops on decent wireless connections, and in between. Seems to be no way to reproduce itself and fixes itself after a few minutes.
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