[Samba] domain with a single dc

[Rowland Penny]

On 03/08/2023 09:17, Admin(IT) via samba wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I am new in this list and I thank you for your reactivity.
> 
> I would like to set up an infra samba 4 with only 1DC which will also be 
> used as a file server.
> 
> I only have one lan with 300 users, a few apps including a mail server 
> that authenticates on ldap.
> 
>   It is a virtual infra with backup of the whole vm every night.
> 
> I would like to keep an infra as simple as possible.
> 
>   The question is: is it a good idea to have only 1 DC which does all this?
> 
> 
> Thank you for your answers
> 
> Philippe
> 

This is a very bad idea, if your DC goes down, you lose everything, the 
more DC's the better.
Using a DC as fileserver is possible, but it is so littered with 
pitfalls that it is better to use a Unix domain member as the 
fileserver. If there were only a few users, then it would be manageable, 
but, in my view, 300 is not a few.

Rowland