Domain server in a unique server

Why is it recommend to separate the domain server from the other applications??
Performance???

Lanwench
Tue Apr 29 19:23:55 PDT 2008

kaos <kaos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Why is it recommend to separate the domain server from the other
> applications?? Performance???

Sure, and security. It isn't mandatory that a DC have no other purpose. It's
just *recommended* - and also that you have more than one. Real world
scenarios vary widely.

kaos
Wed Apr 30 06:11:00 PDT 2008

Thnks, but I want to know, in which cases are better to have the domain
server in a separate server???

Lanwench
Wed Apr 30 06:22:26 PDT 2008

kaos <kaos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thnks, but I want to know, in which cases are better to have the
> domain server in a separate server???

I can't answer that for you with the limited information provided, sorry.
You'd have to provide a lot more detail about your configuration (existing
or planned) in order for anyone to guess.

Also - please don't snip out all the quoted text in your replies; it makes
it impossible for others to follow the thread. Thanks.

kaos
Wed Apr 30 07:24:00 PDT 2008

I plan to put in a unique server the followin:

1. SQL Server 2000
2. Domain server, 100 users, active directory.
3. A CRM software that use sql server (GOLDMINE)

The server has:
1 Quad core xeon processor
8 GB RAM
windows 2003 server

what do you think???

Lanwench
Wed Apr 30 08:04:05 PDT 2008

kaos <kaos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I plan to put in a unique server the followin:
>
> 1. SQL Server 2000
> 2. Domain server, 100 users, active directory.
> 3. A CRM software that use sql server (GOLDMINE)
>
> The server has:
> 1 Quad core xeon processor
> 8 GB RAM
> windows 2003 server
>
> what do you think???

You definitely need more than one server here. You'll need x64 or W2003
Enterprise to take advantage of all that RAM . I'm not a SQL guru so I can't
say whether or not the processor will be sufficient.

What about file/print? One presumes you'll have that need, too. Ideally,
you'd have two DCs, one SQL/CRM box (member server), and one file/print
(member server). However, your file/print services *could* be a DC as
well....you just need to have two DCs. And one of them can be on low-end
hardware.

So that's either three or four servers, and you could likely get away with
three.