When to add another server?

Question

Hello Community
    When using Windows Server and the hard disk starts getting full,
you can add another hard disk or when you don't have enough memory
you can add more memory.
    So when you are running out of hard disk space or memory
when do you have to add another server instead of adding more hard disks
or when do you have to add another server instead of adding more memory?
    Thank you
    Shabeaut

Answer 1

Hi,
It is hard to say when to add another server, this mostly depends on the requirements of your environment.
And before the setup action, it's better to have a good design of the deployment.
In addition, here is a WIKI talking about Capacity Planning for Active Directory Domain Services,
see:
Capacity Planning for Active Directory Domain Services
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14355.capacity-planning-for-active-directory-domain-services.aspx
More information here:
Identifying Your AD DS Design and Deployment Requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771518(v=ws.10).aspx
Hope this helps
Best regards
Michael
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