Re: Practical link count limit in 2K8

Hello Louis,

I will think the feasible number to support will depend mostly on your
network speed in data transfer and your available resources.
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]
"Louis" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a customer that could benefit greatly using DFS to break up an
> unmanagable volume. However, this would require 6+ million links in
> the initial namespace. With 2K8 MS says it lifts the 5000 link limit
> for domain based roots. In practice, though, what is truly a feasible
> number to support?
>
> Thanks,
> Louis

>I guess my question really is, to what limit has MS tested? What would
>the impact be from putting millions of links in a DB DFS root?

I'm guessing you are going where no man has gone before. You probably won't
find your answer here, you may have to place a call to MS on this one.

hth
DDS


"Louis" <> wrote in message
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On Mar 19, 2:52 pm, "Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]"
<isaac.o...@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Louis,
>
> I will think the feasible number to support will depend mostly on your
> network speed in data transfer and your available resources.
> --
> Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]"Louis" <louis.el...@gmail.com> wrote in
> message
>
> news:9f42775b-6981-44c5-93f4-...
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a customer that could benefit greatly using DFS to break up an
> > unmanagable volume. However, this would require 6+ million links in
> > the initial namespace. With 2K8 MS says it lifts the 5000 link limit
> > for domain based roots. In practice, though, what is truly a feasible
> > number to support?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Louis- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I guess my question really is, to what limit has MS tested? What would
the impact be from putting millions of links in a DB DFS root?

Thanks,
Louis

MS Don't have the answer yet - the paper is due soon.

--
Mark Parris
MCSE: NT4.0, 2000, 2003
MCITP: EA, SA

Founder: [ADUG] UK Active Directory User Group http://adug.co.uk

"Danny Sanders" <> wrote in message
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> >I guess my question really is, to what limit has MS tested? What would
>>the impact be from putting millions of links in a DB DFS root?
>
> I'm guessing you are going where no man has gone before. You probably
> won't find your answer here, you may have to place a call to MS on this
> one.
>
> hth
> DDS
>
>
> "Louis" <> wrote in message
> news:a70d85fe-8661-4650-a792-...
> On Mar 19, 2:52 pm, "Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]"
> <isaac.o...@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Louis,
>>
>> I will think the feasible number to support will depend mostly on your
>> network speed in data transfer and your available resources.
>> --
>> Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]"Louis" <louis.el...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> message
>>
>> news:9f42775b-6981-44c5-93f4-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > I have a customer that could benefit greatly using DFS to break up an
>> > unmanagable volume. However, this would require 6+ million links in
>> > the initial namespace. With 2K8 MS says it lifts the 5000 link limit
>> > for domain based roots. In practice, though, what is truly a feasible
>> > number to support?
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Louis- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I guess my question really is, to what limit has MS tested? What would
> the impact be from putting millions of links in a DB DFS root?
>
> Thanks,
> Louis