RE: DC on ISA 2004 vs Exchange 2003

  • From: Danny <nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:55:28 -0500

On 11/30/05, Rob Moore <RMoore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kind of a crummy choice, eh? How busy is the Exchange server?

Gives me the creeps.  Exchange will not be that busy with less than a
hundred users.

> I inherited a network a while back (supervising another organization's IT
> in the same building). For the first year or so their Exchange server
> was also their second DC. It didn't seem to cause any problems. Made me
> nervous, though, and eventually we got the DC function off there.

Yes, this is one of those inheritance issues as well.

> Anyway, if I had to choose, I'd choose to put it on the Exchange server.
> Better yet, I'd put Windows Server on a plain old PC and make that your
> backup DC until you can get it onto a real server.

The ActiveDir list guru's agreed that it's better to put another DC
role on a basic server or even cheap workstation than none at all.

...D


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