Roaming user profiles seems like such a good idea at first, but it causes a myriad of problems in practice. One of these problems stems from the fact that the master copy of each profile is stored on a central file share. That file share needs to be accessible over a fast connection from all machines a user is logging on to, or logons tend to become very slow. This proximity requirement is easy to meet if only one site is involved, but what if users roam between different locations, or if terminal servers are distributed across several data centers? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question. Continue reading ‘Replicating User Profiles Between Sites (With or Without DFS) – Why it Should be Avoided’
Monthly Archive for July, 2009
At the verge of the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows it is interesting to observe how people interpret and misuse acronyms for the definition of “their” platform. Looking at the acronyms in use out there one might consider oneself back in the eighties, with dozens of different incompatible computer systems. Unfortunately it is more boring than that. Let’s have a look. Continue reading ‘x64 Divided by Two is NOT x32!’
Here are some very simple guidelines that help determine how much memory a particular server actually needs in order to perform well. Of course, these are just rules of thumb, but nevertheless they might come in handy. Continue reading ‘How Much Memory Does a Database/File/Print/Terminal/Web Server Need?’
