Namespace servers

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

A namespace server is a domain controller or member server that hosts a namespace. The number of namespaces you can host on a server is determined by the operating system running on the namespace server.

Servers running the following operating systems can host a single namespace:

  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

  • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

  • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

  • Any version of Windows® 2000 Server

Important

To create multiple domain-based namespaces on a server running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, install the hotfix described in article 903651 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkid=53476).

The following servers can host multiple namespaces:

  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition

  • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

  • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

The following table describes additional factors to consider when choosing servers to host a namespace.

Guidelines for Servers That Host Namespaces

Server Hosting Stand-Alone Namespaces Server Hosting Domain-based Namespaces
  • Must contain an NTFS volume to host the namespace.

  • Can be a member server or domain controller.

  • Can be a clustered file server.
  • Must contain an NTFS volume to host the namespace.

  • Must be a member server or domain controller in the domain in which the namespace is configured. (This requirement applies to every namespace server that hosts a given domain-based namespace.)

  • The namespace cannot be a clustered resource in a server cluster. However, you can locate the namespace on a server that also functions as a node in a server cluster if you configure the namespace to use only local resources on that server.

See Also

Other Resources

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