Re: Two domain controllers & replication traffic

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It's not hurting anything, IMHO. OTOH, the dinosaur probably isn't doing you
any good, either.

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r042wal wrote:
I inherited an SBS 2003 network. The previous net admin left the old
Win2k domain controller in place and made the SBS server the primary
domain controller. The WIn2k server is also configured with the role of
domain controller. Both the SBS server and the Win2k server have Active
Directory DNS zones set up for each other.

The network is not large. There may be 30 or 40 nodes. There are no
folders replicating between the servers, and I understand only the DNS
would replicate. I am wondering if the two domain controllers on the
same LAN are decreasing the overall efficiency of the network?

One server is a new Xeon and the other is a dinosaur!

Thanks for any input.


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