Still a good practice to get into the habit of. Those 200 GPOs could become 2000, 20000, etc.
- Sean On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:02 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > According to Helge’s presentation (backed up by lots of stats and > testing), disabling the relevant Computer or User part saves about 0.002 > seconds of processing time per GPO. Could add up over hundreds or thousands > of GPOs, but the takeaway he offered was that it makes no difference in > real terms. I was surprised – I’ve been recommending people do that for > years as well J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kennedy, Jim > *Sent:* 13 August 2015 18:50 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: Streamlining GPOs > > > > Make sure you disable the computer section of a gpo for a gpo that only > has user settings, and the converse for computer gpo’s. It really speeds > things up if you do that, the box can completely ignore the whole section. > > > > One giant gpo is faster, but not dramatically imho. So I believe you have > another issue here. Block them all on your test OU then enforce them one > at a time…see if it is one in particular that is causing the issue. Also > turn up gpo logging on the boxes to see where the delay’s are. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Kelsey, John > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 1:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Streamlining GPOs > > > > We’re seeing significant logon delays due to the high number of GPOs that > have to get processed when a user logs in. We’re trying to clean up and > reduce the number of things that have to happen in order to get the user > logged on faster. If we block all GPOs in our testing, we’ve been able to > cut the logon time in half. So either we just have too many GPOs or a > couple of them for whatever reason is crushing the logon. > > > > > > Is it more efficient to have 200 GPOs that set 1 item in each one? > > OR > > Is it more efficient to have 1 GPO that sets 200 items? > > OR > > Does it not make any difference in how long it takes to process? > > > > Thanks all. > > > > *************************************** > *John C. Kelsey* > > Penn Highlands DuBois > (: 814.375.3073 > 2 : 814.375.4005 > *: [email protected] > *************************************** > > [image: PHH ESig Logo 150dpi] > > > > This email and any attached files are sensitive in nature and intended solely > for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should > not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions > expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of > Penn Highlands Healthcare or its affiliates.. Warning: Although precautions > have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the > company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from > the use of this email or attachments. > >
