Well, I have done some testing between NDS and AD and one thing I find is for certain. When you are dealing with a large number of users, NDS handles rights allocation faster and with less problems.
Rene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Site Login > Interesting, I have not heard of that, does anyone else here able to shed > some light on this? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rene Chakraborty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Site Login > > Well a associate of mine who has a similiar AD size at his place of work > told me while AD holds the objects, issues such as rights changes become a > problem. > > > > Rene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:34 AM > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Site Login > > > > AD can hold millions of objects, there is however a limit to the OU > > structure you can have, I think the OU Structure can only be 62 levels > deep > > and I believe after 40 levels the GPO's no longer travel down the levels. > I > > heard this from a consultant that taught AD as a MCT. He showed me the > > level limit, but I have not seen the GPO limit. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rene Chakraborty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:23 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Site Login > > > > Comments Welcome: > > > > > > I am considering the idea of merging all my child-domains back into > the > > parent domain but am not sure. I've have 47,568 users in AD, 112 servers > > and 3,200 workstations across 8 sites. I've heard AD horror stories if > you > > try to have this many objects in 1 AD domain. Comments? > > > > > > > > Rene > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:16 AM > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Site Login > > > > > > > I think you do that by setting subnets to sites and making sure that > there > > > is a Global Catalog server in each site. However, all down-level > clients > > > can only login to the PDC Emulator, there is no other way for down-level > > > clients, unless someone has figured out a way. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rene Chakraborty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 7:37 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Site Login > > > > > > Hello Everyone > > > > > > I was at Comdex in Toronto last week and got talking to a Microsoft > > > Techie about how I want to eliminate the domain requirement when a > student > > > logs into the network. He said you can do this by making the desktops > > sign > > > into the site they are apart of rather then the domain, any ideas on how > > to > > > do this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rene > > > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/