Common sense tidbit #1: Security... A DC contains the keys to the kingdom, and reducing the applications running on a DC reduces the surface area exposed to attack.
-gil -----Original Message----- From: Neceda,Thomas W - LGCRP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Other application/uses on DC's. Was: OT: Exchange 2000 That's how I feel, however, I've recently been asked about having the DC's perform other uses, such as data storage (basically an I/O box for transfering data while staging client systems). Does anyone have any real-world examples of why this should not be done? Pointers to any documenation anywhere? Common sense tid-bits? I've given my two cents about the issue, but perhaps I'm just being too sensitive to the importance of just having a DC do DC work. Thanks in advance. twn -----Original Message----- From: Craig Cerino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange 2000 First of all - out of personal preference - -I would NOT put Exch on a DC in AD. Just my preference - but I wouldn't do it. Too much going on --- on both the DC and on the mail server .+-wȆi0g-튺+Yb塲mPi⁴0-튺+b᧲ڪf.+-j!硶 0j!鰊or潩yثIV+v* 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/
