Maybe we do, but eventually has come and gone twice in 7+ years over 2 PC's due to the machine or HDD dying & recovery has been same as you would do to maintain redundancy, restoring the last backup or swapping the drive into another system. So time wise to repair I loose no more than you would. Hell I've had more issue having to re-install fubared XP client machines, reset their machine passwords, & rejoin than I have keeping the domain up.
Call me old fashioned, but in the Novell days a single server for small lans w/ backups was all you needed. I do see the value of a second DC and think a VM of 2K server on linux box is a great idea that I had not put much thought into it before. If I had another GX260 I'd do just that since it would solve 2 problems without sucking too much juice. Point here is for basic services, assuming monthly image backups, a home user SHOULD run a domain for the benefits even single server. They should also consider running a second DC IF they can afford too but not shy away if they can't. Greg Sevart wrote: > I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree. To me, the situation > you outline below -is- doom and gloom, because I value my time as such that > having to perform those DR steps is more than I'd like to do. Indeed, not > only do I have two live DCs at all times, but each DC is also backed up > (along with the directory state) daily. > > Ultimately, perhaps the difference is that even my home domain provides > services to more than just me, and I don't have the time to drop everything > and rebuild it right after a failure. > > The only point I was trying to make is that your DC -will- eventually fail > and you will eventually have to recover. With two, not only does your > availability improve, but it also allows you to perform the recovery as > you're able w/o affecting much. That, to me, is the real value. > > As I mentioned before, I think virtualizing a second DC is an excellent > idea. You get better machine utilization and still have your live, > replicated copy of AD. > > Greg > <snip. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
