RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site replication settings/costs

[Rimmerman, Russ]

It's a Windows 2000 native domain, we're about 4 upgrades from having all Win2k3 DCs and from what I've read, that should help a lot with replication.   Automatic site link bridging isnt enabled, and we have 0 site link bridges.    We're a worldwide company with 3 main hubs, but it is a mesh network in design (MPLS).   I guess i'm mainly confused because the DC at the slow bandwidth site in question only has one replication partner, yet we see connections to it from a large number of our DCs on a regular basis.  Is this normal? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:12 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site replication settings/costs Intervals vary by company, domain structure, network topology and latency tolerances. That said, there is nothing inherently wrong with the replication parameters you list below. Are they the best parameters for your environment? That depends. Is this a Windows 2000 environment? Is automatic site link bridging enabled? There's a lot to consider in determining how to set site link properties; what you've listed below won't really be enough for anybody to give you any kind of realistic advice. (sorry)   Laura From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:59 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Site replication settings/costs We have about 80 AD sites with DCs.  All sites are set for a cost of 100 on the site to site replication, and a replication interval of 15 minutes.  I'm presuming this is probably not a good thing.    One slow bandwidth site is complaining that their DC is talking to every DC in the domain.    What is everyone else using as a replication interval for inter-site replication? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary information of Cameron and its operating Divisions and may be confidential or privileged. This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used only by the addressee. If you have received this message in error please delete it, together with any attachments, from your system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary information of Cameron and its operating Divisions and may be confidential or privileged. This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used only by the addressee. If you have received this message in error please delete it, together with any attachments, from your system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~