Making a 2k3 server a DC and backup DHCP/DNS will slow the machine down any?

[Guest markm75]

I've been contemplating moving our 2003 "backup services" off of a 7

year old box and onto another machine, to retire that one..

 

I was either going to move them to a primarily file server (with some

VSS database usage, 2GB memory) or our "backup" server, by backup in

this instance I am talking about our server which does harddisk

backups each night and also does a duplicate to tape via the scsi port

on this machine. (uses Symantec BackupExec, has 4gb memory). Our

"backup-hdd server" is a dual xeon woodcrest cpu while the other file

server is a PentiumD.

 

Of the services which I had on the very old box include a "backup" DC

(another DC), with global catalog ability, a DHCP server (the

secondary, 20%) and a DNS secondary server.

 

Curious if anyone knows if adding these services would impose any sort

of bottle neck on either machine, or one more so than the other. I'm

guessing the impact would be very little, even with the GC on this

machine, as we only have about 50 users and 4 servers.

 

Thanks

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Making a 2k3 server a DC and backup DHCP/DNS will slow the machine down any?

 

I am talking about our server which does harddisk

> backups each night and also does a duplicate to tape via the scsi port

> on this machine.

 

If these services are provided only at night.

> Of the services which I had on the very old box include a "backup" DC

> (another DC), with global catalog ability, a DHCP server (the

> secondary, 20%) and a DNS secondary server.

 

 

And these services are used primarily during the day, I would say they can

live on the same server just fine.

 

 

hth

DDS

 

"markm75" <markm75c@msn.com> wrote in message

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> I've been contemplating moving our 2003 "backup services" off of a 7

> year old box and onto another machine, to retire that one..

>

> I was either going to move them to a primarily file server (with some

> VSS database usage, 2GB memory) or our "backup" server, by backup in

> this instance I am talking about our server which does harddisk

> backups each night and also does a duplicate to tape via the scsi port

> on this machine. (uses Symantec BackupExec, has 4gb memory). Our

> "backup-hdd server" is a dual xeon woodcrest cpu while the other file

> server is a PentiumD.

>

> Of the services which I had on the very old box include a "backup" DC

> (another DC), with global catalog ability, a DHCP server (the

> secondary, 20%) and a DNS secondary server.

>

> Curious if anyone knows if adding these services would impose any sort

> of bottle neck on either machine, or one more so than the other. I'm

> guessing the impact would be very little, even with the GC on this

> machine, as we only have about 50 users and 4 servers.

>

> Thanks

>