RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-22 Thread al_maurer
Technologies (719) 590-2639; Telnet 590-2639 http://activedirectory.it.agilent.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:55 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-21 Thread neil.ruston
Sent offline. neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alborzfard, Alex Sent: 20 February 2006 18:16 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations I'd be interested on getting that spreadsheet

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org |Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations | |I found 2 on Amazon. Which one is it? | |--Alex |__ |Alex Alborzfard |mindSHIFT Technologies |(215) 946-5877 |www.mindshift.com |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mai

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
1:53 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations I didn't check, but perhaps you can search and read the content on Amazon - they allow a few pages around the search phrase. Gruesse - Sincerely, Ulf B. Simon-Weidner MVP-Book "Window

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
|To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org |Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations | |I'd be interested on getting that spreadsheet. I'm willing to |pay for sanitation time. :) | |--Alex | |_ |Alex Alborzfard |mindSHIFT Technologies |(215) 946-5877 |www.mindsh

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:17 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations The Syngress book I mentioned previously, has a chapter (written by yours truly) with a suggested algorithm for DC placements. It uses vario

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Brian Desmond
hmm, I run AD for a school district, I've got about 150K accounts shooting for 500K though.   The WAN is a mix of fiber and gig glass, 650 sites total. I have a hub site with two g4 380s - 6x36GB in three mirrors, 4GB RAM, Dual CPUs, etc. They run around 30% CPU each all day and night, 40m

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread neil.ruston
@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations Ulf B. Simon-Weidner wrote: > Hi Brenda, > > the key in deciding how many DCs you need it what runs on them, and > what services need to be available in case of a WAN Failure to which > size of location. I th

Re: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Tomasz Onyszko
Ulf B. Simon-Weidner wrote: Hi Brenda, the key in deciding how many DCs you need it what runs on them, and what services need to be available in case of a WAN Failure to which size of location. I think this can be a good preliminary reading for this task: http://blogs.technet.com/bpuhl/arch

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread neil.ruston
Prescriptive guidelines in the design space are a dangerous thing :)   There is alot we don't know about your environment (that you do know). It would take a consultant a considerable period of time to provide a good solution / options to your requirement.   Consider these factors: 1. Number

RE: [ActiveDir] Looking for Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
Hi Brenda,   the key in deciding how many DCs you need it what runs on them, and what services need to be available in case of a WAN Failure to which size of location.   Try to categorize your locations depending on size and what services are used there. Figure out which of the services need