User Account Limitation

ID: Q124552

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SUMMARY

The recommended user account limitation in Windows NT version 3.5 is 15,000 users in any one domain, and only on "large" hardware.

MORE INFORMATION

As a guideline for "large" hardware, a uniprocessor Pentium system with 32 megabytes (MB) of RAM can be configured to comfortably handle 10,000 users.

To accommodate this number of users on such a system, the Registry size limit (RSL) must be set to 80 percent. For more information on the Registry size limit query on the following keyword in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

RSL

The Pentium product discussed here is manufactured by Intel Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: prodnt registry SAM

Keywords : ntdomain
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS
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