How Many Roles To Give...

[ITGUY53]

Just a question that's been lingering over my head for awhile now. That question is on W2K3 server, what is the suggested amount of roles that's to one server?

Thanks,

 

[monsterjta]

I suggest one role per server. But, you may not have the funding to do that. So, take a baseline and if your CPU or MEMORY usage is unacceptable then plan to add another server to take some of the load.

Hope This Helps,

Good Luck!

(I do what I can with what I know)

 

[ITGUY53]

cool man! thanks for your advice. to tell you the truth, i just have three computers and i'm wanting to network all of them together having a DC and DNS setup on one older PC, and having a file, printer, and DHCP server on a Pentium 4 3Ghz pentium processor. do you think that would be acceptable? i just have a bunch of MP3s i want to be able to share on the P4 3Ghz.

thanks for the advice and any further advice is welcome. thanks!

 

[jkupski]

Multiple servers for the scenario you describe above is overkill. One machine is enough.

 

[monsterjta]

I would suggest keeping the network services running on the DC (DNS & DHCP). That's what it's for, really. As far as your other requirements...yes, setting up a file and print server is ideal.

Obviously, there will not be much overhead on this DC...so, again, no problems designating that as the netowork services provider. I know of a particular environment that serves up over 300 clients (yes, 300), and the DC with all the fixin's (AD/DNS/DHCP) was all running on an Optiplex GX280. Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Hope This Helps,

Good Luck!

(I do what I can with what I know)

 

[ITGUY53]

Thanks for your replies folks. Thanks again.

IT