hii all i need some suggestion about implementing samba 4 in multisite environment im still new in samba 4, i have finish install my first samba 4 DC in my centos 6 machine without any problem. i have plan to implement samba 4 in distribute / multisite environment, i have one head quarter office and aroung 20 site office, in my head quarter office i have not more than 50 PC client and in every site office i have no more than 10 PC client to manage. every site office connected to head quarter office by openvpn connection in route mode so every site office has different network. let say head quarters office network is 172.16.0.0/24and site office network are 172.16.1.0/24 until 172.16.99.20.0/24. my plan is i will install dc in head quarter office and i will install additional dc in every site office that will replicate the directory only with the head quater office dc. so my question are 1. is my plan possible to be implemented? 2. how many bandwidth do i need in every site (head quarters office and each site office) to run my plan? 3. is anyone here ever implement the same scheme with my plan, pliz in need some advice to implement it .. -- Thx & Warm regards Zhia Chandra
Quoting "Zhia Chandra" <zhia.chandra at gmail.com>> i have plan to implement samba 4 in distribute / multisite environment, i > have one head quarter office and aroung 20 site office, in my head quarter > office i have not more than 50 PC client and in every site office i have no > more than 10 PC client to manage. every site office connected to head > quarter office by openvpn connection in route mode so every site office has > different network. let say head quarters office network is > 172.16.0.0/24and site office network are > 172.16.1.0/24 until 172.16.99.20.0/24. > > my plan is i will install dc in head quarter office and i will install > additional dc in every site office that will replicate the directory only > with the head quater office dc. > > so my question are > 1. is my plan possible to be implemented?I hope so, I am at the moment at the same stage. Locally my Samba4 seems to work (under FreeBSD and ZFS which had its own challenges) So next step is testing replication. It's on my plan for the next days. 4.0 had a FreeBSD specific problem with replication but it seems to be fixed since 4.05 (BUG 9656: Work around FreeBSD's getaddrinfo() underscore issue) So I am looking forward!> 2. how many bandwidth do i need in every site (head quarters office and > each site office) to run my plan?I have the question too. Replication is a "black box" for me so your guess is good as mine;-)> 3. is anyone here ever implement the same scheme with my plan, pliz in need > some advice to implement it ..I will keep you informed if I see issues. As a sidenote: How difficult are updates? The FreeBSD port system is a bit behind so I wonder whether there are major obstacles when upgrading to a newer 4.1 version in the future. Regards Peter
Hi Chandra,> i need some suggestion about implementing samba 4 in multisite environment > im still new in samba 4, i have finish install my first samba 4 DC in my > centos 6 machine without any problem. > > i have plan to implement samba 4 in distribute / multisite environment, i > have one head quarter office and aroung 20 site office, in my head quarter > office i have not more than 50 PC client and in every site office i have no > more than 10 PC client to manage. every site office connected to head > quarter office by openvpn connection in route mode so every site office has > different network. let say head quarters office network is > 172.16.0.0/24and site office network are > 172.16.1.0/24 until 172.16.99.20.0/24. > > my plan is i will install dc in head quarter office and i will install > additional dc in every site office that will replicate the directory only > with the head quater office dc. > > so my question are > 1. is my plan possible to be implemented?I have similar samba setups with banch office having samba4 server with replication running, and everything run smoothly. I only have 3-4 sites max on each setup thought. I don't know how you will fare with 20 DCs, and I guess in such a setup you might want to use RODC on branch offices.> 2. how many bandwidth do i need in every site (head quarters office and > each site office) to run my plan?DC to DC replication bandwidth seems not to be a problem (I never had a nagios alert due to it). However you may have to be carefull it you want to deploy large file through GPO.> 3. is anyone here ever implement the same scheme with my plan, pliz in need > some advice to implement it ..You probably will have to setup your Active Directory Sites and Service properly so each sites authenticate on the right DC to avoid unnecessary inter-site traffic, and be carefull with your ntp time. Cheers, Denis> >-- Denis Cardon Tranquil IT Systems Les Espaces Jules Verne, b?timent A 12 avenue Jules Verne 44230 Saint S?bastien sur Loire tel : +33 (0) 2.40.97.57.55 http://www.tranquil-it-systems.fr