The Microsoft 'rule of thumb' is to allow 400Mb for each 1000 users (as per the w2003 deployment kit).
E.g. - Allow 800Mb for 2,000 users - Allow 2Gb for 5,000 users - Allow 4Gb for 10,000 users - Allow 20Gb for 50,000 users - Allow 40Gb for 100,000 users I guess what I'm trying to illustrate is that you should have more than enough space with 70Gb :) Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 September 2003 04:10 Subject: [ActiveDir Digest] --------------------------------------------------------- From: Juan Ibarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:03:27 -0700 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.10C7FD40 Content-Type: text/plain Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.10C7FD40 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>AD 2003 DB</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT = to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the = specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount = of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that = the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate = will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 = users?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Best regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Juan</FONT> </P> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.10C7FD40-- --------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jimmy Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:03:25 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 70GB for a 300 user AD will absolutely be enough. Regards, /Jimmy ------------------------------------- Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB CEO & Principal Advisor Microsoft MVP - Active Directory ---------- www.qadvice.com ---------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan Ibarra Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan --------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:09:48 -0600 From: "Hutchins, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.F3B492E9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable we have 8k user objects and about 4k computer objects and our db is < 1GB. _____ =20 From: Juan Ibarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards,=20 Juan=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.F3B492E9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AD 2003 DB</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D664520816-16092003><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>we have 8k user objects and about 4k computer = objects and=20 our db is < 1GB.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft> <HR tabIndex=3D-1> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> Juan Ibarra = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B>=20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR><B>Subject:</B> [ActiveDir] AD 2003=20 DB<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to = AD 2003 in=20 the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW=20 requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we = will need=20 in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, = but will=20 the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be = plenty for=20 an org with 300 users?</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Juan</FONT> </P><BR></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C6C.F3B492E9-- --------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bendall, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:09:46 +0100 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you currently running Exchange 5.5, what is the size of you dir.edb? Paul -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Andersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 September 2003 17:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB 70GB for a 300 user AD will absolutely be enough. Regards, /Jimmy ------------------------------------- Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB CEO & Principal Advisor Microsoft MVP - Active Directory ---------- www.qadvice.com ---------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan Ibarra Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to read our e-mail disclaimer statement and monitoring policy, please refer to http://www.drkw.com/disc/email/ or contact the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Flesher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:10:17 -0500 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C37C43.1F2F4330 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 70GB is more than enough for the size of your organization. We have ~ 800 users, and our DC's use much less than 1GB for the database. We have 3 sets of mirrored drives in our DC's for redunancy and performance. Seperate out the Logs, Database, and Sysvol folders from the system drive. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan Ibarra Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C37C43.1F2F4330 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=3D394210716-16092003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>70GB=20 is more than enough for the size of your organization. We have ~ 800 = users, and=20 our DC's use much less than 1GB for the database. We have 3 sets of = mirrored=20 drives in our DC's for redunancy and performance. Seperate out the Logs, = Database, and Sysvol folders from the system drive. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr = align=3Dleft><FONT=20 face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Juan Ibarra<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 16, = 2003=20 11:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR><B>Subject:</B> = [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT = to AD 2003=20 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for = new HW=20 requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we = will=20 need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the = better,=20 but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G = will be=20 plenty for an org with 300 users?</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Juan</FONT> </P><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C37C43.1F2F4330-- --------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:12:52 +0100 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More than enough... I have 700 users and my directory is only 75MB. Robert Rutherford +44 (0)1305 208232 +44 (0)7970 122362 Juan Ibarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB tivedir.org 16/09/2003 17:03 Please respond to ActiveDir Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan ********************************************************************** This E-mail and any files transmitted with it are in commercial confidence and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this E-mail in error please notify the Administrator by E-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of DEK International., or its affiliates. ********************************************************************** This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.dek.com ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------- From: "Tony Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:51:53 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yup, I agree it should be sufficient, unless Juan some additional AD-integrated apps that might blow up the size of the database. Have you looked at the ADSizer tool? Can be helpful when you're starting out. http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/new/adsizer-o .asp Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB More than enough... I have 700 users and my directory is only 75MB. Robert Rutherford +44 (0)1305 208232 +44 (0)7970 122362 Juan Ibarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB tivedir.org 16/09/2003 17:03 Please respond to ActiveDir Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan ********************************************************************** This E-mail and any files transmitted with it are in commercial confidence and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this E-mail in error please notify the Administrator by E-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of DEK International., or its affiliates. ********************************************************************** This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.dek.com ********************************************************************** 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/ --------------------------------------------------------- From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:53:34 -0400 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C37C73.10EF7E40 Content-Type: text/plain My org in 2000 AD is over 1,000 users with 5 sites and over 15 DCs and my AD DB is only 60 MB -----Original Message----- From: Juan Ibarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] AD 2003 DB Hi, we are planning to migrate from NT to AD 2003 in the near future. We are trying to figure out the specs for new HW requirements. We are concerned with the amount of space that we will need in our DC to host the DB. I know that the more space the better, but will the DB be too big? At what rate will it grow. Will 70G will be plenty for an org with 300 users? Best regards, Juan ============================================================================== This message is for the named person's use only. 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