samba - Apr 2015 - roaming profile doubles in size at client logout

>
>> I've connected a Windows 7 client and logged in with a roaming
profile
>> user, copied some 4GB of data in the profile and logged out. Surely
enough,
>> the data was synchronized but when I login and logout again, the
profile
>> gets copied on the samba server in full versus just the modified data.
>
>> For instance, if the profile on the server has 4GB and I logout from
the
>> client, the profile will grow up to 8GB and then drop down to 4GB (in
case
>> no new data get's added meanwhile). This looks to me like instead
of doing
>> an incremental diff, the whole profile get's copied and then
compared and
>> the same data deleted.
>
(...)
>
> This is, unfortunately, "normal". As much as the Microsoft's
definition of
> "normality" goes.
> What I'm doing is I'm excluding local Documents and a number of
other folders
> from profile sync (through GPO) and then doing a manual rsync in background
> every now and then. That is for folders that are not located in the network
> already.
> This also helps with profile size that is getting copied back and forth
> between server and client. 4Gb multiplied by sixteen users? I don't
want to
> see it happening to my network.
>
>
>
Roaming profiles are, generally speaking, outdated technology. Folder  
redirection is much more effective. It covers most of the benefits of  
roaming profiles without the penalties.

Greetings, miguelmedalha at sapo.pt!

>>> I've connected a Windows 7 client and logged in with a roaming
profile
>>> user, copied some 4GB of data in the profile and logged out. Surely
enough,
>>> the data was synchronized but when I login and logout again, the
profile
>>> gets copied on the samba server in full versus just the modified
data.
>>
>>> For instance, if the profile on the server has 4GB and I logout
from the
>>> client, the profile will grow up to 8GB and then drop down to 4GB
(in case
>>> no new data get's added meanwhile). This looks to me like
instead of doing
>>> an incremental diff, the whole profile get's copied and then
compared and
>>> the same data deleted.
>>
> (...)
>>
>> This is, unfortunately, "normal". As much as the
Microsoft's definition of
>> "normality" goes.
>> What I'm doing is I'm excluding local Documents and a number of
other folders
>> from profile sync (through GPO) and then doing a manual rsync in
background
>> every now and then. That is for folders that are not located in the
network
>> already.
>> This also helps with profile size that is getting copied back and forth
>> between server and client. 4Gb multiplied by sixteen users? I don't
want to
>> see it happening to my network.
> Roaming profiles are, generally speaking, outdated technology. Folder  
> redirection is much more effective. It covers most of the benefits of  
> roaming profiles without the penalties.
If you didn't read what I said, I'm already redirecting a number of
folders to
the networked locations. The bulk of what is actually "roaming" is
AppData/Roaming, which is quite large for certain applications. In some cases,
unnecessarily large. But I can't do anything about it, as applications
decline
to start with these folders redirected. Still, it is not in gigabytes range.
Which is QUITE a relief.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 04:45:23

Sorry for my terrible english...

AFAIK one cannot use folder redirection if the samba server is offline. Or
am I wrong?


On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:24 AM, <miguelmedalha at sapo.pt> wrote:
>
>
>>  I've connected a Windows 7 client and logged in with a roaming
profile
>>> user, copied some 4GB of data in the profile and logged out. Surely
>>> enough,
>>> the data was synchronized but when I login and logout again, the
profile
>>> gets copied on the samba server in full versus just the modified
data.
>>>
>>
>>  For instance, if the profile on the server has 4GB and I logout from
the
>>> client, the profile will grow up to 8GB and then drop down to 4GB
(in
>>> case
>>> no new data get's added meanwhile). This looks to me like
instead of
>>> doing
>>> an incremental diff, the whole profile get's copied and then
compared and
>>> the same data deleted.
>>>
>>
>>  (...)
>
>>
>> This is, unfortunately, "normal". As much as the
Microsoft's definition of
>> "normality" goes.
>> What I'm doing is I'm excluding local Documents and a number of
other
>> folders
>> from profile sync (through GPO) and then doing a manual rsync in
>> background
>> every now and then. That is for folders that are not located in the
>> network
>> already.
>> This also helps with profile size that is getting copied back and forth
>> between server and client. 4Gb multiplied by sixteen users? I don't
want
>> to
>> see it happening to my network.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Roaming profiles are, generally speaking, outdated technology. Folder
> redirection is much more effective. It covers most of the benefits of
> roaming profiles without the penalties.
>


-- 
Best regards,
Claudiu Vasadi

> AFAIK one cannot use folder redirection if the samba server is offline.
> Or am I wrong?      ?
Yes, you can. Read about Windows Offline Files. They work pretty well on
Windows 7+.