I'm not one of the big brains on this list however I've been looking at distribution groups etc in Exchange 2003 and have a couple of article links which you may not have seen. Not sure if they will help
The Role of Groups and Access Control Lists in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Deployments http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/exchange2000/plan/RGACLE2K.ASP The other relates to expansion servers which may relate to your perfomance questions. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328791 Regards, Jacqui > from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:14:17 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 DL Management in a multi-domain forest > > Good Morning: > > Long time lurker, 1st time poster :-) This topic was somewhat covered in a > thread initiated by Joe, but I have a follow-up question. > > Our scenario: > Approximately 6800 users. A Windows 2003 AD design with an empty forest root > domain, and 2 child domains, 2 DCs per domain. The bulk of the users will be in > one child domain, and there won't be much interaction between the 2 child > domains. The root and the main child domain will both be within the data centre > in a single site. We will be deploying Exchange 2003 in the main child domain. > We are in the lab proof of concept phase, and the question has arisen whether > when users attempt to manage DLs once we're in Exchange native mode, if they'll > be potentially referred to a GC in the root domain, thus having their > modification attempt fail. The time to determine this is now, before we move to > the pilot (which involves deploying AD, then deploying the 1st E2K3 server). > > My initial thought was to simulate a heavy messaging load to DLs (UGs) with > Loadsim. Using that approach, though, is there a relatively easy way to > determine what GCs are being hit? Or is there a completely different approach I > should be taking? > > Or, is the thoughts of the big brains on this list that this won't be an issue > at all? Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > ADthanksVANCE, > > Andy Schan > Messaging > Contractor > > 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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/
