DFS-Replication on a single .wim file with 300GB of size

Question

Hi folks,

I have an issue where the replication taking way too long, probably weeks or even months to complete. There is no error I could find in event viewer. The replication works perfectly if it is a small file (maybe 100GB and below). But we do have 1 .wim file is taking soo much time. Anyone could advise on this ? or perhaps any alternative ?

1. DFSR state is (4) good.
2. staging quota is fine - we even set it more than it suppose to be
3. we tried to config another Replication Group and try to replicate the .wim file - the same result

My server config
OS 2019 Windows
10GB network

Appreciate it so much!

Answer 1

Hello TristanoGGiuseppeJBP12R-7414,

Thank you for posting in our Q&A forum.

This problem is related to the transmission speed of the network, the size of the disk, etc.

Or the setting about staging area quota / staging folder size in the following links might be helpful.

How to Determine the Minimum Staging Area DFSR Needs for a Replicated Folder
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-directory-services-team/how-to-determine-the-minimum-staging-area-dfsr-needs-for-a/ba-p/399439

Staging Folder Guidelines for DFS Replication
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/staging-folder-guidelines-for-dfs-replication/ba-p/423200

Hope the information above is helpful.

Best Regards,
Daisy Zhou

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