Re: 2003 AD Best Practice questions

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In news:1126646125.715726.323110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
TAS <troyweb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I then commented about
below:
>
> Ace,
>
> The main site right now has 21 site links. From the best practices it
> seems to say that we should split the main site into two (even when
> they in the same physical location). And have main siteA with 11 site
> links and main siteB with 10 site links to balance the replication
> load. Am I understanding the recomendation properly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Troy


Troy,

If you have 21, I believe you can get away with it being one site, since it
is borderline, unless you are having problems? Are you experiencing any
replication issues in the Event viewer?
Ace




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