I would highly discourage against using cached mode for roaming profiles. Just imagine the network resources they would be hogging up when they log onto a different computer and not to mention HDD space. We definitely have disable cached mode for roaming profiles.
-Nav -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles I agree... but what about OST files - Outlook cached mode. Is anyone excluding the OST from the roaming profile? If so, a new OST will need to be downloaded at each computer the user logs into. Most are 100-300MB. Which is the lesser evil. :) ...D On 2/3/06, Thommes, Michael M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As just another piece of this, users sometimes just throw stuff on > their "desktop" since they don't know any better or because that might > be the first location that shows up during a save operation. The > desktop is obviously included as part of the profile, leading to bloated sizes. > > > > Mike Thommes > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Molkentin, > Steve > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 8:45 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > > > I too am a fan of local profile, but I do not think that directly > addresses Frank's issues... > > > > A couple of jobs ago at a school we used roaming profiles exclusively > - made sense in our scenario. There was still at least 3-4 staff on a > bad day that needed their profile reconfig-ed (all students used a mandatory profile). > Bottom line - use GPO's to limit the size of the user "dumping" > grounds, and/or redirect them. It's amazing how your profile shrink > dramatically when you don't allow users to store their files as a part > of their profile, you don't copy their IE cache, and redirect a couple of other folders. > > > > I feel for you Frank, as with users with profiles in excess of, say, > 20 MB - with your links speeds, I am amazed that you do not experience > more problems (but then I am sure it is only the ones that moves sites > that cause the issues... give them a laptop and make them have local > profiles!). ;) > > > > My $0.02 inc GST... > > > > themolk. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krenceski, > William > Sent: Friday, 3 February 2006 10:54 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > I personally avoid roaming and mandatory roaming like the plague. One > thing you can do is create a DFS Root for the profiles of the users > that move around replicate to all of the sites that they visit. I > would not recommend doing it for everyone else. I would actually stop > using roaming for everyone else that does not roam. there are many > alternatives to roaming using Group Policies because no matter how you > look at it you are slowing down the user logon and the network especially with that many users. > > > > JMTC > > > > Bill > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank > Abagnale > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:51 AM > To: Active > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > > Hi all, > > > I have a question regarding Roaming Profiles. Our environment > currently have 3500 users which are all roaming profile enabled. Their > profiles are stored on the local site server. We have approx 56 sites > which are all linked by 256-1mb lines. > > > I like the concept of roaming profiles, however some of our users have > profiles ranging from 5mb - 200mb, some even with 1GB profiles. > > > Because alot of our users log on to different computers at different > sites, we are finding issues with corrupted profiles and logon speeds. > On a few occasions, where a user has been added to a group, the > permissions assign to this group are not shown when the users is > logged back on. Deleting the profile and recreating fixes this issue > but it's quite a time consuming effort. > > > How does everyone deal with roaming profiles if used? sometimes there > are instances where users just want to logon to the PC without their > roaming profile so they can remote desktop to their PC. In this > situation they have to take their profile across which can take > forever depending on the size of profile and link. > > > Any creative ideas? how about using DFS to store the profiles? > > > Thanks > > > Frank > > > > ________________________________ > > > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may > be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for > the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent > responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error please notify the author immediately by > replying to this message and deleting the original message. 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