Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:04 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DC placement in ADHi KenSorry for not being clear.I don't think having 4 DCs (2 domains) for an organisation of 20 users makes very much sense - but is an option :-).If you decide to have one domain (2 DCs) and to name it in line with your company name then you may wish to change this later. At present there is no way to rename Active Directory domains (.Net Server gives you more flexibility), so if you wanted to change the name you would need to build a parallel forest with the new name and migrate your users from the old to the new.To migrate to the new forest, you need not go to the expense of buying 2 new DCs. Simply demote one of your current DCs and remove it from the forest. Create the new forest from the this (now spare) server and begin the migration. With 20 users you should be able to do this over a weekend, so you needn't worry about having just one DC during the migration.The alternative is to choose a name totally unrelated to your current organization. As long as you can live with this then you should not need to migrate when the company name changes.Tony-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Rinehart
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 5:55 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DC placement in ADTonyAh so your saying 2 DCs for each tree in a forest correct? This makes sense I'm just making sure I understand. If that's the case then your comment "it will not kill you to migrate 20 users" means what? Migrate to where? I think that's really my only issue is the name change, that was the reason for the original "empty root" domain. Are you saying create a new domain in a new forest (this becomes the forest root) create my users, DCs etc.... then when the name change occurs create a new domain tree (which at that point would mean 2 more DCs)?-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 8:55 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DC placement in ADHi KenPersonally, I wouldn't have a domain with just one DC. This applies especially to the root domain which houses the Enterprise Administrators and Schema Administrators groups. Even with backups a single DC represents an unaccepable risk. Also, in terms of business continuity a single DC per domain is a single point of failure.If you can't afford the luxury of 4 DCs (which for 20 users looks like overkill) I would stay with just one domain. If the company changes name in the future it will not kill you to migrate 20 users.Good idea to make them both GCs.Tony-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Rinehart
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:42 PM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] DC placement in AD
I have a small office network I've been designing and just need a few "tips" before I go through the actual setup. The company has agreed to buy 2 nice servers to act as DCs for a small office network of 20 people. There is talk of a company name change at somepoint so my thoughts were to do an "empty root" then create my main domain tree that all users will login to. Done. Eventually when the time comes I'd just create a new domain tree with the new company name and move the accounts over. This seem logical?
I guess my question is will 2 DCs be OK for now? I'd just make them both GC servers also. I'm trying to get a better understanding of where to put DCs in the scheme of things. One DC per domain tree or what?
Thanks in advance
Ken-
