On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 17:03 -0600, John Heim wrote: > How much of a resource hog is a PDC? My understanding is that authentication > is done vs a BDC if available. I configured my new file server as the domain > PDC because I figured it would already have to run samba. I have two other > machines configured as BDCs to serve as logon servers > I'm looking for opinions on whether I'm asking for performance problems by > making my file server the PDC. Actually, this machine is already serving as > PDC but its not in production yet as a file server. So right now, its just > the domain PDC. When I log into the domain and "echo %logonserver%", it > shows that one of the BDCs was the logon server, not the PDC. It doesn't > look like the PDC has to do anything but handle joining machines to the > domain.
There really isn't an answer for your question. The load implied by being a DC depends on the number of clients and how heavily they are used. If you have only a hundred or so clients, in my experience, the load is pretty mild [for modern hardware/networks]. With Samba3 domain control there isn't really a BDC/PDC distinction. Every box is a PDC that operates in parallel with the other DCs. That is a bit different than a true NT4 domain. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba