Othman - SASREF
10-14-2006, 09:52 AM
HI,
We are planning to upgrade our 2000 AD's to 2003 and since we are going to
change the HW as well. What is the recommended HW Specs are required from HP
products
No of users 700
No of PC 500
No of group Policy 3
Both AD are CG
1st is running DHCP & DNS
2nd is running DNS
Please Advise.
Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]
10-16-2006, 04:47 PM
You aren't doing anything out of the ordinary so the hardware needed won't
be something on the upper end.
I would buy a dual proc with at least 2 gig of ram (RAM is so cheap I would
buy 4) with hw raid (Raid 1 mirrored) and about 50 gig after the mirror. I
would purchase two duplicate hw boxes as well. The nic speed should be as
fast as your lan can handle, most hw manufacturers have 1 gig available and
they can be down rev'd to your lan speed. Partition the system/boot to 12
gig and leave the rest for a second partition and if there is any software
(CIM) to be installed, etc... place it on this second partition. Leave the
o/s partition as clean as can be.
As far as specific hw you should contact your HP var.
I have some articles on both upgrading your forest and decommissioning a dc.
Check them out at
http://www.pbbergs.com click on articles
--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT
http://www.pbbergs.com
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"Othman - SASREF" <uthman99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> HI,
>
> We are planning to upgrade our 2000 AD's to 2003 and since we are going to
> change the HW as well. What is the recommended HW Specs are required from
> HP products
>
> No of users 700
> No of PC 500
> No of group Policy 3
> Both AD are CG
> 1st is running DHCP & DNS
> 2nd is running DNS
>
> Please Advise.
>
Brian Desmond [MVP]
10-16-2006, 05:49 PM
A pair of DL360s with 2x73GB RAID1, 4GB RAM, 2xCPU, Redundant PSU, 2003 R2
Standard will do you fine. Add in an ILO Advanced Key if you have the
money - it's well worth it.
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services
www.briandesmond.com
"Othman - SASREF" <uthman99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OxaCC427GHA.2248@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> HI,
>
> We are planning to upgrade our 2000 AD's to 2003 and since we are going to
> change the HW as well. What is the recommended HW Specs are required from
> HP products
>
> No of users 700
> No of PC 500
> No of group Policy 3
> Both AD are CG
> 1st is running DHCP & DNS
> 2nd is running DNS
>
> Please Advise.
>
Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]
10-16-2006, 05:53 PM
Yes, forgot about the dual psu.
--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT
http://www.pbbergs.com
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"Brian Desmond [MVP]" <brian@briandesmond.com> wrote in message
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>A pair of DL360s with 2x73GB RAID1, 4GB RAM, 2xCPU, Redundant PSU, 2003 R2
>Standard will do you fine. Add in an ILO Advanced Key if you have the
>money - it's well worth it.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> Windows Server MVP - Directory Services
>
> www.briandesmond.com
>
>
> "Othman - SASREF" <uthman99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OxaCC427GHA.2248@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> HI,
>>
>> We are planning to upgrade our 2000 AD's to 2003 and since we are going
>> to change the HW as well. What is the recommended HW Specs are required
>> from HP products
>>
>> No of users 700
>> No of PC 500
>> No of group Policy 3
>> Both AD are CG
>> 1st is running DHCP & DNS
>> 2nd is running DNS
>>
>> Please Advise.
>>
>
>