Active Directory 2008 NTDS File Locations
I'm planning to put a new domain in with domain controllers that only have 2 disks max (mirrored), so I can't put NTDS files on a seperate spindle for performance etc. For 600 users, what are the chances of having performance issues? Is it still worth creating a second partiion to seperate NTDS and DNS files from the OS and pagefile or is it generally fine to have everything on the same partition?
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wall monitored?
well monitored sorry :p
For 600 users I wouldn't even think about it. I run DCs that size in VMs. Now if you had 60,000 users, maybe.
I'm not following how splitting them out would avoid journal wrap?
Another thing to note is that if you are going to 2008/R2 and using DFSR journal wrap is basically a thing of the past http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/04/22/the-case-for-migrating-sysvol-to-dfsr.aspx
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Mike
Another thing to note is that if you are going to 2008/R2 and using DFSR journal wrap is basically a thing of the past http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/04/22/the-case-for-migrating-sysvol-to-dfsr.aspx
Thanks
Mike
Had 1000+ users and never split the location, like others, I wouldn't worry about it.
the fact to separate sysvol on another disk is much more to avoid the journal_wrap error, but should never happen if your dc are wall monitored.