1. I don't think so... Not if it were a TRUE caching mechanism... I.E. You don't drag all of the account info for all objects in a single domain to the caching device, you only drag the ones used at that site... This should actually allow you to use a smaller machine especially with the domain consolidation going on...
Visualize this... Say I have 2 NA domains, one services some 50k users, the other 75k users. Say your average remote site is maybe 5000 users. Normally you would have one or both of the domains there on DCs so you would have info at that remote site for some 125k users when you only need info for 5k users... So you go to a caching mechanism and have 5000 user's info there with a breakup of say 3000 users from one domain and 2000 users from another domain... I can't say that this is what Stuart was proposing, but wouldn't it be cool? ------------- http://www.joeware.net (download joeware) http://www.cafeshops.com/joewarenet (wear joeware) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DEC Chatter - Was something else... > 1. Caching Domain Controllers - basically a DC that did 2. Multiple > domain hosting from a single DC. In combination, these would definitely be nice for larger environments that have multiple Domain's with cutting down on hardware costs. Although I suppose individual DC's would need to be a bit beefier, at least there'd be a decrease in physical space requirements and some efficiencies gained somewhere. It would also help for DR type scenarios, too. > 3. Ability to stop/start Active Directory on the fly as a normal > service. This has always been a big request of mine as having to reboot into a special mode just to perform certain DS maintenance really annoys me. Also, if DNS is installed with AD integrated zones, the DNS server should go into a caching mode while the DS service is temporarily offline. > 7. Ability to have multiple password/lockout/complexity policies per > domain A popular request, I'm sure. 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/
