That's impossible to answer without a lot more information. How many users do you have, how many sites, what's the bandwidth between sites, do you have directory enabled applications, what's your budget etc. etc.
The main question would be on the number of users and in very general terms a few DC's (at least two) on each site will probably be appropriate for most networks, but that's a big generalisation. It's very unlikely you will want to make all your servers DC's. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Maple Sent: 21 May 2004 11:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] how many domain controllers ? Does anyone have a view about how many servers in a domain should be domain controllers. Should it be all of them - or only a few on each site ? Mike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Releasing funds to keep business flowing... Last year alone, Xchanging helped the London Market release 75 million pounds of redundant claim reserves. During 2003, Xchanging's Enhanced Claims Review team, validated 439 million pounds of non-moving London Market claims. To find out more about the Enhanced Claims Review service, talk to Sara Frost on 020 7327 5701 or visit our website www.xchanging.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- THE INFORMATION IN THIS E-MAIL AND IN ANY ATTACHMENTS IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT AND HAVE RECEIVED IT IN ERROR YOU ARE ON NOTICE OF ITS STATUS. PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY BY RETURN EMAIL AND THEN DELETE THIS EMAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENT FROM YOUR SYSTEM. YOU MUST NOT RETAIN, COPY OR USE THIS E-MAIL OR ANY ATTACHMENT FOR ANY PURPOSE, NOR DISCLOSE ALL OR ANY PART OF ITS CONTENTS TO ANY OTHER PERSON: TO DO SO COULD BE A BREACH OF CONFIDENCE EMAIL MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DATA CORRUPTION, INTERCEPTION AND UNAUTHORISED AMENDMENT, AND WE DO NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH CORRUPTION, INTERCEPTION OR AMENDMENT OR THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF. WE MAY MONITOR THE CONTENT OF EMAILS SENT AND RECEIVED VIA OUR NETWORK FOR VIRUSES OR UNAUTHORISED USE AND FOR OTHER LAWFUL BUSINESS PURPOSES. WE DO NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM A VIRUS IN ANY EMAIL OR ATTACHMENT. ----------------------------------------------- [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/ 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/
