Re: Remote site performance issues
- From: "Karl Middleton" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:57:53 +1000
I can answer your second question first. You have set up a member server at
the remote site. A member server and the workstations using it will still
need to authenticate back the SBS server over the 3MB VPN connection.
Similarly, your DNS and perhaps your DHCP would be going over the VPN link.
That is why it is a bit slow. You can speed it up by installing DNS and DHCP
on the member server, then running DCPromo on the member server to make it a
backup domain controller. Using the Active Directory Sites tool, you can
then make the remote server a global catalag. This will speed up your logon
and provide some redundancy for the remote site just in case the VPN goes
down or is too slow.
As for your first question, that is bit more tricky. You don't state what
database you are using nor whether the users need realtime data for their
work. Some databases support replication which may be suitable depending on
how much data gets updated: the limiting factor is the 3Mb pipe. If realtime
is not needed then transferring the database weekly by tapes or similar
might be suitable. If realtime is needed, then implement a Terminal Server
at the site hosting the database and have the remote users use a remote
desktop connection to manipulate the database. The 3Mb pipe will support a
lot of users accessing the database in this fashion.
Good Luck
Karl from Oz
"!!bogus" <hello@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My primary server is Windows 2003 SBS.
>
> I set up a gateway to gateway VPN connection between to locations (using
> Symantec appliances). The internet connection is 3Mb. Accessing the
> network drives is too slow to be practical. To improve performance, I set
> up a member server (Windows 2003 Standard) in the remote location to be
> used as a temporarily replacement for the main network drive, then once a
> project is done, the user would move it to its final location on the
> primary network drive (which has a certain folder structure). This
> solution seemed reasonable because the people who were going to be in that
> location were programmers and a few other people whose work is primarily
> MS Office and some minor data entry.
>
> Now my boss decided that he wants to move statisticians (2 people). The
> problem is the data they work on is humongous, between 100s of MBs to GB
> in some cases, add to this that we have to maintain the data in its
> location based on the client initial, name, etc.
>
> 1. Is there a way for me to get around this problem? Can I somehow mirror
> the drive in the other location and make them behave as if they were one?
>
> 2. Logging in is a bit slow (although still within acceptable range). Is
> there a way to improve it? May be by somehow configuring the member server
> to do the authentication for the remote site.
>
> --
> Thank you
> Please post only
>
.
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