DC to clients ratio

Hi,
Is there any conventional ratio for the number of PCs that should
authnticate to a DC? In other words, what is the maximum number of PCs after
which I'd better create a new DC so to keep network performance optimal?

Thanks
Yba

It actually depends on the sizing of hardware. Please donwload the
Active Directory Performance Testing Tool before implementation this
will generate the stress and lets you generate the clients session on
the host server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en



Thanks

Hello Yba,

This one should help you for the planning:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...79(WS.10).aspx

Also expand the + in the left pane.

Best regards

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> Hi,
> Is there any conventional ratio for the number of PCs that should
> authnticate to a DC? In other words, what is the maximum number of
> PCs after
> which I'd better create a new DC so to keep network performance
> optimal?
> Thanks
> Yba

"Yba" <Yba@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14F39FFA-A84C-45A9-8913-34ED379C390E@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Is there any conventional ratio for the number of PCs that should
> authnticate to a DC? In other words, what is the maximum number of PCs
> after
> which I'd better create a new DC so to keep network performance optimal?
>
> Thanks
> Yba


How mamy users do you currently have?
How many Sites?
Is Exchange in use?

Just an FYI, even if you only have 1 user, it's recommended to have two
domain controllers for fault tolerance reasons.

In addition to Syed and Meinolf's suggestions, try the ADSizer tool. It
takes into account replication, number of sites, number of domains in the
forest, user count, and whether you have Exchange or not, which changes the
picture and requirements.

Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks: ADSizer
(First one in the list):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229


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