samba - Apr 2015 - Recommended stations on a server and slave domain controller

Hello Marc,

Thank you for your answer.

About multiple DCs in one domain, Do you have any documentation or a 
link that could explain us how to make this type of architecture ?

As I told you, the final aim is to have more than 100 000 users in one 
domain, is this a mistake to use a single master DC ?

If we can't do this, is there a special feature to develop to make this 
infrastructure work?
LINAGORA can support this development (a part or the totality of it, 
with the agreement of the community) if necessary.

Regards,

Sourisack Phanivong
Support OSSA

LINAGORA
80 Rue Roque de Fillol
92800 Puteaux

Le 30/03/2015 22:19, Marc Muehlfeld a ?crit :
> Hello Sourisack,
>
> Am 30.03.2015 um 11:13 schrieb Sourisack PHANIVONG:
>> The goal we want to achieve is to install a configuration for a lot of
>> users (about 100 000) with one master domain.
>> So we thought that it may be possible to have a principal domain and
>> several slave domains.
>
> What is a "slave domain"? AD has sub-domains and trusts. Both
Samba
> currently doesn't support.
>
> However you can have multiple DCs, e. g. on each site in one domain, 
> of course.
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc

On 31/03/15 14:50, Sourisack PHANIVONG wrote:
> Hello Marc,
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
> About multiple DCs in one domain, Do you have any documentation or a 
> link that could explain us how to make this type of architecture ?
>
> As I told you, the final aim is to have more than 100 000 users in one 
> domain, is this a mistake to use a single master DC ?
>
> If we can't do this, is there a special feature to develop to make 
> this infrastructure work?
> LINAGORA can support this development (a part or the totality of it, 
> with the agreement of the community) if necessary.
>
OK, have a look here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727085.aspx

That is what Samba 4 is working towards, but unfortunately it isn't 
there yet

What you can have now, a single domain with multiple sites, lets say 
'USA', 'CANADA', FRANCE', 'BELGIUM' &
'VIETNAM'. You would have at the
top a DC that holds the FSMO roles and then multiple DCs that all 
replicate together. Apart from the first DC, all other DCs would be equal.

NOTE: this is a very simplistic view and I would suggest that you 
investigate this further via the internet, but just search with 'active 
directory' not 'Samba active directory'. Mostly anything that AD can
do,
Samba 4 can do, the major failings are the ones that Marc has already 
pointed out, sub-domains & trusts.

Rowland

Hello Rowland,

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Sourisack Phanivong

Le 31/03/2015 16:26, Rowland Penny a ?crit :
> On 31/03/15 14:50, Sourisack PHANIVONG wrote:
>> Hello Marc,
>>
>> Thank you for your answer.
>>
>> About multiple DCs in one domain, Do you have any documentation or a 
>> link that could explain us how to make this type of architecture ?
>>
>> As I told you, the final aim is to have more than 100 000 users in 
>> one domain, is this a mistake to use a single master DC ?
>>
>> If we can't do this, is there a special feature to develop to make 
>> this infrastructure work?
>> LINAGORA can support this development (a part or the totality of it, 
>> with the agreement of the community) if necessary.
>>
>
> OK, have a look here: 
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727085.aspx
>
> That is what Samba 4 is working towards, but unfortunately it isn't 
> there yet
>
> What you can have now, a single domain with multiple sites, lets say 
> 'USA', 'CANADA', FRANCE', 'BELGIUM' &
'VIETNAM'. You would have at the
> top a DC that holds the FSMO roles and then multiple DCs that all 
> replicate together. Apart from the first DC, all other DCs would be 
> equal.
>
> NOTE: this is a very simplistic view and I would suggest that you 
> investigate this further via the internet, but just search with 
> 'active directory' not 'Samba active directory'. Mostly
anything that
> AD can do, Samba 4 can do, the major failings are the ones that Marc 
> has already pointed out, sub-domains & trusts.
>
> Rowland

Hello Sourisack,

Am 31.03.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Sourisack PHANIVONG:
> As I told you, the final aim is to have more than 100 000 users in one
> domain, is this a mistake to use a single master DC ?
 >
 > If we can't do this, is there a special feature to develop to make
 > this infrastructure work?
 > LINAGORA can support this development (a part or the totality of it,
 > with the agreement of the community) if necessary.

It depents on your infrastructure and your needs, if a single domain is 
suitable. But if you're really planning such a huge installation, you 
should think about professional support. Especially if you need some 
development work to fix some current bugs or enhance Samba with missing 
features.

https://www.samba.org/samba/support/


If you're really implement Samba with this dimension, it would be great, 
if you could give a summary after the project: Number of DCs, hardware 
configuration, etc.


Regards,
Marc

Hello Marc,

Thanks for you help, I will give you our feedbacks if we can achieve 
this project.

Regards

Sourisack Phanivong
Support OSSA

LINAGORA
80 Rue Roque de Fillol
92800 Puteaux

Le 31/03/2015 21:09, Marc Muehlfeld a ?crit :
> Hello Sourisack,
>
> Am 31.03.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Sourisack PHANIVONG:
>> As I told you, the final aim is to have more than 100 000 users in one
>> domain, is this a mistake to use a single master DC ?
> >
> > If we can't do this, is there a special feature to develop to make
> > this infrastructure work?
> > LINAGORA can support this development (a part or the totality of it,
> > with the agreement of the community) if necessary.
>
> It depents on your infrastructure and your needs, if a single domain 
> is suitable. But if you're really planning such a huge installation, 
> you should think about professional support. Especially if you need 
> some development work to fix some current bugs or enhance Samba with 
> missing features.
>
> https://www.samba.org/samba/support/
>
>
> If you're really implement Samba with this dimension, it would be 
> great, if you could give a summary after the project: Number of DCs, 
> hardware configuration, etc.
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc