Frank, This should not be an issue in your environment as you have a single domain. By definition a GC holds only a partial replica of the other domains in the forest and you have none.
Regards Mark -----Original Message----- From: Frank Abagnale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:19:06 To:Active <[email protected]> Subject: [ActiveDir] Reducing number of Global Catalogs I currently have a single domain (w2k3 FFL) with approx 40 DC's. (1 for every site) They are all configured as GC's. I have approx 3500 users The WAN connection speed ranges from 512k to 2mb. I read somewhere that having every DC as a GC is unnecessary due to the increased amounts of bandwith replication. My network is not exactly the quickest and with the other apps and services I am running e.g DNS, WINS, DFS/FRS, Exchange, Sharepoint etc, This has led me to think maybe I should think about reducing the number of GC's in my forest Does anyone have any views on decreasing the number of GC's to DC's? What would you recommend as a comfortable number of GC's Frank Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
