Chapter 10. The Physical Topology: Sites and Replication
It is easy to focus exclusively on the logical Active Directory design. After all, the logical design is the new and challenging aspect of Active Directory, and so we tend to spend a lot of time getting it right. However, the physical design of Active Directory is also important, and it requires close consideration to ensure that Active Directory is custom fit to the network that supports it.
Active Directory services are provided to clients and applications through Active Directory Domain Controllers (DCs). Each Active Directory DC hosts at least three different database partitions (also known as naming contexts as mentioned in Chapter 7, "Designing the Windows 2000 Domain Structure" ...
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