That's pretty rough though.....If all of your users are like me, you probably need more GC processors for each Exchange processors. If like my dad, probably less.
Bottom line: adperf & perfmon are your friend. There's no substitute for real-world perf monitoring and proactive resolution of perf issues before they become major issues. ~Eric P.S. Brian are you reading this? (this is a joke, curious if someone is reading like he said he would....he knows who he is <g>) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Missy Koslosky Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 10:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] how many domain controllers ? For Exchange, it's one GC processor to every 4 Exchange processors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:33 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] how many domain controllers ? > For production, never less than two. The max depends on your usage and your > WAN configuration and network stability. > > If you have heavy usage due to apps like Exchange, you *may* need a couple > of more. I think the calculation is one GC CPU per 2 Exchange CPUs or > something like that? Though I am never a huge fan of just paper guessing, it > may work for 80% of the places and you have one that doesn't fit that model. > They don't know what else you are doing. > > If you have a WAN configuration with network connectivity that can drop > (i.e. isn't guaranteed 100%) and you care about whether they work in a > dropped state then you will need at least one per isolated location. > > If you have a single domain, make all DCs GCs. > > > joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Maple > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 6:28 AM > 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. > > > 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/
