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by whatme?

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I have 3 schools each with 200 students and each with approx 50 computers or workstations all running NT4. Each school is about 1/2 mile apart. I want to upgrade to a single Domain system running 2000 server. We have Frame Relay and routers in placein each school now. We need DHCP, Log in Services, File services,Print Services, Email services only...no web server. The server I initially priced and spec.was a single cpu 800 piii,512r,4-18g scsi hd raid 5, dual nics, redundant power, tape back up. With 2000, I shouldn't need a BDC???? How many actual (hardware) servers do I actually need to purchase? I don't know 2000 that well.
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Merv

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by corky132

I would have one large server at the admin office and 1 server at each school to authenticate logins.. you probably dont want profiles and authentication traffic going across a slow link.. You can use each domain controller as a print server also.. (Windows 2000 doesnt have "BDC's".. they are all just Domain controllers.)

by sleathwood

Corky's idea is good. Two of the servers could just be beefy PC workstations. If you don't first upgrade the 50 NT4 workstations, you will also need to install Wins services somwhere, as W2K uses DNS instead of NetBios to identify computer on the network. If your routers are not capable of pass through broadcast NetBIOS address' the two servers that are not WINS servers need to be configured for WINS routing. This link may help.
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/library/howitworks/communications/nameadrmgmt/wins.asp

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