[windows2000] Re: DC setup
- From: "Leitman, Ken" <ken.leitman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:28:40 -0400
Who has time to go grabbing roles at 2am because Pac Rim Exchange is
freaking out. A few extra power supplies and Raid don't hurt,
kl
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sullivan, Glenn
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:09 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: DC setup
If all it does is DC functions, I don't do any raid. You are better off
getting redundancy via more DC's, not more hardware on one DC.
And spread those FSMO's around... just because the first DC in a
domain/forest has them all by default doesn't mean that is the way that
is should be.
But if the DC's are just DC's, and one goes down, it is easy enough to
seize the PDC Emulator role to some other machine, since that is the
only critical FSMO for day-to-day usage.
Unless you modify the Schema (Schema master), Add domains (Domain Naming
master), Add objects (RID Master), or change cross-domain SID's
(Infrastructure Master) on a daily basis, that is...
So, to step back, I would recommend the following:
* Single Domain forest - At least two DC's, both of them Global Catalog
Servers. Schema Master, RID Master, and Infrastructure Master on one,
PDC Emulator and Domain Name master on the other.
* Multi-domain forest - At least three DC's... Identical to the
single-domain model above, but the third machine SHOULD NOT be a Global
Catalog, and should hold the Infrastructure Master role.
In a Multi-domain forest, the Infrastructure master should not be a GC,
or it will not be able to update Cross-domain object references in the
domain that it belongs to.
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
Posted At: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:10 AM
Posted To: Windows 2000
Conversation: [windows2000] DC setup
Subject: [windows2000] DC setup
How do most of you setup your Primary DC as far as fault
tolerance and hardware is concerned? Would a Raid 5 or Raid 1 be
recommended? (Primary being the first one in the root w/FSMO's)
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