Absolutely. There are certain processes that query GC's rather than DCs, so its definitely worth it.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilbert, Daniel L Mr ANOSC/FCBS > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 6:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] how many domain controllers ? > > I know this is off track but... > > Joe, if you only have a single domain do you get any benefit > making them all > GCs? Or any GCs? > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 6:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/
