Configuration - DP Shares

OMG....

Okay, so one thing that seems to be missing from a lot of SMS 2003 documentation (or it is quite buried) is the way SMS treats Distribution Points:

If you set your DP's to reside on any site system, SMS will check the available space on that systems available drives. It then picks which drive has the most available space and creates the DP share there... wonderful, right?

Nope.....

As you fill that share with packages, SMS is continually tracking the available space and comparing it to other drives on the same system. (Well.... it's not really buried or hidden, the ramifications of what actually happens is just NOT spelled out.)

Should the originally selected drive become smaller than another drive on the system, SMS will find the "new" drive with the most available space and create a share there also....

Result: Your packages will be all over the place, instead of in one central location. Nice huh?

Solution: Create a share on your largest drive and declare that a DP.

How to do this in another post......