That's the #1 performance issue I seen time and again. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Design Guidance > > > Chuck, > > Not as big of a long shot as you might imagine. Shortly > after I joined the company I'm currently with, I was looking > at a performance problem similar to what Casey is describing > - but the performance was especially bad between servers. My > boss (ex-consulting cohort) and I looked into this and found > exactly what you are describing. We had to get together with > the Network guys and make sure that the ports on the Cisco > gear and the NIC/Drivers on the servers were set to 100/Full. > > Amazing how many problems this will resolve - and how weird > and widespread the problems can be if it is misconfigured. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Chuck Robinson > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:23 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This is a "Long Shot": > > Assuming you have an Ethernet Network - If you run Netmon do > > you see a lot of CRC Errors? > > I've seen a port speed or duplex mismatch cause really wacky > > network performance problems. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Friese, Casey > > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:01 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Design Guidance > > > > > > Chuck, > > > > Both sites are subnetted uniquely: > > Site A being 10.64.x.x - 255.255.0.0 > > Site B bring 10.128.x.x - 255.255.0.0 > > > > As far as as I know the FSMO role ilies solely with the > > server in Office A Office A, the HQ, is of course a GC and > > there is one in Office B where our Datacenter is > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chuck Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:51 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Design Guidance > > > > > > Also, > > Do you have your Sites and Subnets setup correctly? > > How are your FSMO Roles divided? > > Where are your GC's? > > > > Chuck > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Friese, Casey > > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 2:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Design Guidance > > > > > > I have uncovered what I believe is a problem with our Active > > Directory design. I'm looking for assurance that it is > > indeed a problem judging from the symptoms that I am seeing > > and I'm also looking for recommendations on how to correct it. > > > > I've walked into the company just weeks after a consultant > > started implementing the AD design. Now, 8 months later and > > 10 servers later I believe that the design is flawed. Here > > are my symptoms: > > > > Any administration activity done on the servers such as > > setting permissions/re-writing permissions, opening property > > sheets within Exchange System Manager, Viewing properties > > sheets of OU objects/group policies, etc. > > All of these tasks take a long period of time to complete > or display. > > > > >From the client end we see hanging connections - one moment > > a share is > > >available, the next permission is denied or the connection can't be > > >made. Opening files from the network sluggish and at times dhcp > > >settings are lost. > > > > We have 2 offices: > > Our HQ is in office A > > Our Datacenter is in office B > > > > Office A has 1 Windows 2000 Server and was the first server > > built in the Forest. This server is doing File/Print, DHCP, > > WINS, DNS for it's location among doing it's specialized > > tasks for the domain. > > > > Office B has 9 Windows 2000 Servers - among those 9 is a DC, > > 1 is an E2K server and 1 is an ISA server. The DC provides > > file/print, DHCP, WINS, DNS for it's location. The E2K > > server is the mail server for both locations and the ISA > > server is the Firewall for both locations. > > > > Office A is connected to Office B via 256kbps Split T1 used > > for both voice and data. Office B is connected to the > > internet via full T1 which is responsible for handling all > > internet requests. > > > > Both sites, office A and B, belong to the same parent domain > > - company.com with each client's dns set as clientname.company.com > > > > First questions: Are there any flaws with the above design? > > The most noticeable thing to me is that Office A and B > > communicate of a 256kbps shared line. I'm not an expert with > > AD, in fact, It's new to me but from what I understand > > anything done in Office B has to go to the Head Server in > > Office A. These is where I believe my problems lie. > > > > What I would like to do is break these two sites apart and > > have officeA.company.com and officeB.company.com - I think > > this is the correct approach but I'm not sure. My main > > concern is our Exchange 2000 Server and out ISA server > > because they're both linked heavily into the AD so totally > > redoing the design is a bit tough. Alternatively, I have > > started entertaining the idea of moving the server in Office > > A to the Office B location making Office B the root domain > > and any new sites child domains. > > > > I apologize for the length and if I've confused anyone - I'm > > confused myself. I just want to know if I'm blaming the > > symptoms on the right thing and how I should proceed. > > > > Thanks, > > Casey > > 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/ > > > > 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/
