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I was thinking the effect would be minimal as well because, as I mentioned, the database systems are only accessed by a handful of people regularly and the amount of data being updated is relatively small.
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I was thinking the effect would be minimal as well because, as I mentioned, the database systems are only accessed by a handful of people regularly and the amount of data being updated is relatively small.

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We currently have an SBS 2003 box as our primary domain controller (also running Exchange and file shares). &nbsp;We also have two Windows 2003 Standard R2 servers on the network: &nbsp;one runs Oracle 10g and holds a database used by about 9 people; the other runs MS SQL 2005 and hosts our Microsoft Dynamics CRM database, accessed frequently by about 12 people and infrequently by another 15 or so..<br />
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I would really like to add a secondary domain controller to the network for fault tolerance reasons. &nbsp;Would it be acceptable to make one of the database machines a secondary domain controller? &nbsp;Would I expect to see much of a performance impact? &nbsp;I am under the impression that, in an organization as small as ours (approx 55 users) that the DC-related activity on a server would be extremely small.<br />
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Can someone please tell me if I am correct in my thinking, and provide any recommendations?<br />
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Thanks in advance!
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We currently have an SBS 2003 box as our primary domain controller (also running Exchange and file shares).  We also have two Windows 2003 Standard R2 servers on the network:  one runs Oracle 10g and holds a database used by about 9 people; the other runs MS SQL 2005 and hosts our Microsoft Dynamics CRM database, accessed frequently by about 12 people and infrequently by another 15 or so..

I would really like to add a secondary domain controller to the network for fault tolerance reasons.  Would it be acceptable to make one of the database machines a secondary domain controller?  Would I expect to see much of a performance impact?  I am under the impression that, in an organization as small as ours (approx 55 users) that the DC-related activity on a server would be extremely small.

Can someone please tell me if I am correct in my thinking, and provide any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

Database server as secondary domain controller - acceptable?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).