Data from non-LFS file systems can be used with DFS. You can export a non-LFS disk partition to the DCE namespace for use as an aggregate in DCE. While an exported partition can be accessed in the namespace, it still holds only the single file system it contained at the time it was exported. Additionally, a non-LFS aggregate may not support features such as logged information about metadata, DCE ACLs, and fileset replication, which are available with DCE LFS.
In DFS, the Basic Overseer Server (BOS Server) automatically monitors DFS processes on server machines. Once it is started and configured, the BOS Server continues to monitor other DFS server processes with minimal intervention from the system administrator. Decreased administrative obligations, coupled with high performance and a high client to server ratio, make DFS a scaleable system. Server and client machines can be added to a DFS configuration with little impact on other servers or clients and with few additional administrative responsibilities.