I'm clear now... Yeah, our infrastructure is very tiny compared to what you were referencing. I believe a little tweaking the registry will at least allow us to share the load a little better.
As for Joe.....we actually are AD Integrated DNS and have been since win2k came out. I don't have any wood handy but I have plenty of Formica around me just in case. If There were an environment that Microsoft was built for it is ours. Most of the problems that come up on this list are directed at much larger environments for which I am thankful for. I get a lot of good info from the list and am thankful that you guys take time out of you're day to answer our questions. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS on a DC or NOT SO you are concerned about overall load then. This is something that is addressed in larger orgs often by segregating the PDC off in its own logical site which is hung off the main site it would normally be part of. That means it will usually not be used for autocoverage of other WAN sites and it will not become a large site bridgehead[1] and naturally avoided by any Exchange in that site if Exchange for some reason decides to beat on it due to some bad decision by an Exchange admin during configuration. This is especially helpful if you have a large legacy client load or lots of stupid applications that are using the old NET API (or WinNT provider) primarily which already overly target PDCs. joe [1] I recall asking way back at the 2003 RAP/RDP conference for a switch to say use all DCs but these special ones for bridgeheads, I would rather manage exceptions than manage the ones that are the ones to be used. Best is to be able to specify either way. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Magalhaes Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] DNS on a DC or NOT Let me put that into perspective (and from reading the post again I thought it came across), the blog entry refers to networks with a large client load. I don't mean do NOT have DNS on your server it recommends (Option 2) releasing some of the load with the two registry settings, i.e. *LdapSrvPriority *and *LdapSrvWeight*.which is explained in the entry :) These settings I have only ever used on large networks when I have noticed a large amount of DNS traffic being routed to the PDC DNS Service. :) Does that explain the post if not just let me know what more information you need and I will explain it :) Carlos Magalhaes ASB wrote: > Which blog entry... > > -ASB > > > On 5/17/06, *Krenceski, William* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I was reading Carlos's blog about not running DNS on the PDC > emulator. It all makes perfect sense to not have DNS running on > it. In my relatively small setup we have @60 servers, 560pc's, on > 8 networks (some remote some vlans). I have 2 DC's at my main site > with one at each remote site. All DC's are GC and DNS. I always > thought that in order for DNS to work as AD integrated you're DNS > servers had to be DC's. If that is NOT true my face is red for > believing so for so long. > > > > ** > ** > *William Krenceski* > *Network Administrator* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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/ 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/ Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original message. Thank you. 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/
