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Total number of users in the
domain. Total number of
concurrent users.
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Total number of attributes per
user. Active Directory
automatically assigns each user
a number of attributes.
Additional attributes based on
the business uses of the Active
Directory service should be
included in the estimate.
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Average number of groups a user
belongs to. The number of groups
a user belongs to can affect the
time to process a logon request.
The logon request evaluates user
access by looking at the access
granted to each group the user
belongs to.
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Average logon rate per second
during peak hours (interactive,
batch and network). Interactive
logon type is intended for users
who will be interactively using
the machine, such as a user
being logged on using Terminal
Services, a remote shell, or
similar process. Batch logon
type is intended for batch
servers, where processes may be
executing on behalf of a user
without their direct
intervention; or for higher
performance servers that process
many clear-text authentication
attempts at a time, such as mail
or Web servers. Network logon
type is intended for high
performance servers to
authenticate clear text
passwords. This type is used to
access other network resources,
such as remote servers or
printers.
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Password expiration rate (in
days).
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Number of Windows 2000-based
computers in the domain.
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Number of other computers in
this domain.
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Number of other objects
published in this domain. Other
objects are any objects other
than users and computers that
will be included in Active
Directory. For example, user
groups, organizational units,
contacts, printers or shares
would be consider "other
objects".
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Desired average CPU utilization
limit for each Domain
Controller.
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Preferred CPU type for domain
controllers,
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Number of processors required of
the CPU type specified above.
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Administration. This section
allows an administrator to
specify the
administrator-generated workload
for object addition, deletion,
or modification to Active
Directory. The planned average
number of objects added,
deleted, or modified on a daily,
weekly, or yearly interval
should be entered.
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Microsoft Exchange 2000.
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
uses Active Directory for
directory services, transport
and name resolution. If planning
to install Exchange 2000, enter
the average number of messages
per user/per day and the average
number of recipients for each
message.
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DNS related issues. This section
allows an administrator to
specify whether Active
Directory-integrated DNS zones
will be used, the number of
dial-in connections (per day)
that will be made by computers
joined to the domain, the
duration of DHCP leases, and the
behavior of the DNS Server aging
and scavenging feature.
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Other Active Directory-enabled
application issues. This section
covers other Active
Directory-enabled applications
that are not specifically known
by the tool. Changes introduced
by Active Directory Connector
(ADC) or other directory
synchronization programs (such
as Microsoft Directory
Synchronization Services) should
be estimated in operations per
second for searching, adding,
deleting, and modifying objects.
