RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-02-02 Thread Mauricio F. Funes
Funes   From: Ion GottSent: Wed 2/1/2006 11:28 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing? This may be helpful to everyone as well:   Global Catalog Servers Global catalog servers are required for logon because they

Re: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-02-01 Thread Al Mulnick
er global catalog server usage, a large Active Directory, or large distribution lists can necessitate more global catalog servers.   Ion V. Gott   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mauricio F. Funes Sent: Wed 2/1/2006 10:25 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] x6

RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-02-01 Thread Ion Gott
kSent: Wed 2/1/2006 10:06 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: Re: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing? Really?  I didn't get that from the documentatioin the same you mention.  I always took it that you wanted to put it on the same network to avoid network issues where possibl

RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-02-01 Thread Mauricio F. Funes
: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: Re: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing? Really?  I didn't get that from the documentatioin the same you mention.  I always took it that you wanted to put it on the same network to avoid network issues where possible, related to WAN connectivity or la

Re: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-02-01 Thread Al Mulnick
Really?  I didn't get that from the documentatioin the same you mention.  I always took it that you wanted to put it on the same network to avoid network issues where possible, related to WAN connectivity or latency.  Basically, Exchange is so dependent on a GC that you want to provide the best pos

RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-01-31 Thread Ion Gott
I believe the number of GC's would really still be dependent on your site topology, number of objects published to the GC, number of child domains in the forest etc.. and location of Exchange servers in relation to users. Also if clients are using applications that are directly dependent on

RE: [ActiveDir] x64 domain controller sizing?

2006-01-31 Thread joe
MS doesn't have any published guidance on this. Heck there guidance is still specific to identical proc to identical proc. Anyone not running identical procs in DCs and Exchange have to swag it by number of cycles. But this breaks down when comparing AMD to intel especially when Hyperthreadin