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title: Software Pursuits | DFS vs MFT
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# Solving DFS Challenges with an MFT Solution

### A Comparison Reveals Why Managed File Transfer (MFT) is Superior

Employees need access to files across multiple locations 24/7 to be productive. To help, many IT leaders have deployed a distributed file system (DFS) solution, but they are learning it faces real challenges in getting the work done.

Enter the managed file transfer solution. This guide candidly looks at how DFS solutions stack up against MFTs and the features that make Software Pursuits SureSync MFT superior, including:

- File locking
- Synchronization
- Throttling
- Encryption
- File system support and
- Integration

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