On 08/12/11 12:15, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
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.
Maybe what the OP is asking here is for examples. I realise that for
security reasons admins may not be allowed to reveal their setup but it
would be helpful to give some concrete figures of hardware, clients and
servers that works for us.
Cheers.
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