If you're not going to put a DC there replication is irrelevant. I don't, however, remember what the timeouts for logins are - but they're usually pretty long, IIRC>
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rudolph [mailto:david_rudolph@;anadarko.COM] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:58 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Replication & Satellite Links > > > Roger, > > In answer to your first question--SMTP is not desirable > because it would > necessitate a separate domain. We currently have only 2 > domains (one of > which is an empty root) and prefer not to add another if at all > possible. We've invested a lot of time to clean up our NT domains and > don't want to head down the road of multiple domains again. > > Second- My intention is not to put a DC at the location. The > location is > fairly small (<50). I'd still like to have a better idea of what is > acceptable latency in case other options for connectivity become > available (i.e., microwave). > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:16 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Replication & Satellite Links > > > Two things. > > First - why is SMTP replication not an option? That seems like > needlessly removing the correct answer to the problem. SMTP > replication > is designed for high latency, low bandwidth links. > > Second - Have you considered not putting a DC there at all? If it's a > small site, it might be worth having them authenticate across the Wan. > The more I think about it, that's probably not a great > option, however. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Rudolph [mailto:david_rudolph@;anadarko.COM] > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:58 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Replication & Satellite Links > > > > > > Our company is considering options for supporting a new > > branch office location. Connectivity to the office can only > > be accomplished via a satellite link. I'm aware of the > > problems of RPC-based replication over high latency links. > > SMTP-based replication is not an option. The link in question > > would be 512K. My question is does anybody know the threshold > > where latency will begin to adversely affect replication? I'd > > like to be able to tell management that we could live with x > > latency but nothing more. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > David Rudolph > > Anadarko Petroleum Corporation > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
