How many DCs do I need?

We have about 7,000 users in our single site domain (University setting) and
we are moving to two domain controllers. We are going to be running Windows
2003 Server on our DCs. What I would like to know is if two domain
controllers is enough for 7,000 users? If you know of any white papers that
would be helpful too. Thanks for any help.


Clayton

How many users per domain controller depends on a lot of factors, but two
domain controllers for 7000 users should be plenty. If you have separate
sites, you may want to add a DC for each site, but if it is a single site,
you should be good.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...j_dcc_achu.asp

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Hope it helps...........

dw

Don Wilwol
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"Clayton Sutton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have about 7,000 users in our single site domain (University setting)
> and we are moving to two domain controllers. We are going to be running
> Windows 2003 Server on our DCs. What I would like to know is if two
> domain controllers is enough for 7,000 users? If you know of any white
> papers that would be helpful too. Thanks for any help.
>
>
> Clayton
>

Thanks Don, that's what I was looking for.


Clayton



"Don Wilwol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How many users per domain controller depends on a lot of factors, but two
> domain controllers for 7000 users should be plenty. If you have separate
> sites, you may want to add a DC for each site, but if it is a single site,
> you should be good.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...j_dcc_achu.asp
>
> --
> Hope it helps...........
>
> dw
>
> Don Wilwol
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/wilwol/
>
>
> "Clayton Sutton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We have about 7,000 users in our single site domain (University setting)
>> and we are moving to two domain controllers. We are going to be running
>> Windows 2003 Server on our DCs. What I would like to know is if two
>> domain controllers is enough for 7,000 users? If you know of any white
>> papers that would be helpful too. Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>
>