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Implementing WINS Planning for WINS Server Implementation

10.2 Planning for WINS Server Implementation

The number of WINS servers that an enterprise requires is based on the number of WINS client connections per server and the network topology. The number of users that can be supported per server varies according to usage patterns, data storage, and processing capabilities of the WINS server computer.

Planning for WINS server implementation on the network typically requires consideration of the issues presented in the following table:

Planning issue Guideline

How many WINS servers are required to ensure distribution of name query and name registration loads throughout the network?

The location of routers on the network and the distribution of clients in each subnet should be considered first when deciding how many WINS servers are required. There is no builtin limit for the number of NetBIOS names that one WINS Server can handle.

See the following sections: “Planning for WINS Client Network Traffic”, “Planning for WINS Server Performance” and “Planning Replication Partners and Proxies”.

Is the WAN bandwidth sufficient to support WINS server and WINS client name registration traffic?

See the next section, “Planning for WINS Client Network Traffic”.

How many WINS servers are needed for disaster recovery, backup, and redundancy requirements?

How can a planned distribution of WINS servers throughout the network be validated before instal- lation?

See the following sections: “Planning for WINS Server Fault Tolerance” and “Planning for WINS Server Performance”.

When planning a network configuration, a generally accepted approach is to consider the consequences of two simultaneous failures at different points on the network.

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