Well ignoring the Smart #@$ comments. You need to determine where your users accounts are. If you run logon scripts it will put an additional load on the server. If you only have a few user accounts in one domain and most are in the other I would put up a minimum of 2 DC's for the lighter load so you have redundancy.
For simplicities sake you can go ahead and make all DC's, GC's and also AD integrated DNS servers. For your larger domain I would also start out planning to get down to just two servers. If you run logon scripts make sure you have GB NIC's on your backbone even though you have only 100MB out to the desktops. You should already have 4 according to your server list which is fine, but I would drop one at a time off and see if there are any performance problems with a goal of getting down to two DC's. You never specified what other services are on these servers. For these services a rather small server is all that is needed. We run our primary DC for 3000 users on a 500Mhz, 512MB RAM Dell 2500 with no hint of performance problems. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:42 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains - more information added And what are their passwords....Please only include those with Dial Up or VPN access. -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:29 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains - more information added Where are the user accounts? -----Original Message----- From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:59 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains - more information added We have single domain with one child domain. Yes everything is on one lan Eric Sabo NT Administrator Computing Services Center California University of Pennsylvania -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 11:53 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains - more information added These are all on the same local LAN? What other services are running on your DC's and GC's? Single domain? -----Original Message----- From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:14 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains - more information added Information about our domain: 6 - domain controllers 4 - global catalog servers 3 - DNS (active-directory mode) 2000 computers, 7000+ user accounts, one subnet on an ATM 155 MBPS backbone, 10MB-100MB enthernet to clients... Hope this helps... Eric Sabo NT Administrator Computing Services Center California University of Pennsylvania -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:09 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Domains Can you provide a little info on your environment and maybe we can help you out with real world experience instead of a paper. Unless you just have a huge environment I place them according to geographic/WAN consideration not because of number of users. -----Original Message----- From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:06 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Windows 2000 Domains Does anyone know of a good resources that will tell you how many domain controllers and global catalog servers needed for the certain size domains? I looking to get not replace some of my domain controllers. Eric Sabo NT Administrator Computing Services Center California University of Pennsylvania ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are NOT the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
