This is the most commonly used deployment topology. AD RMS operation boundaries are limited to their own forest. The deployment will have only one AD RMS cluster to process certificates and licensing requirements. The cluster can contain any number of servers, and load balancing is handled in the cluster level. If it has multiple servers, the AD RMS cluster should use the MS SQL Server database instead of WIDs. This deployment model will not consider extending to non-corporate networks.
Following are the advantages and disadvantages of single forest--single cluster:
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Advantages |
Disadvantages |
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Easy to implement. A fewer number of resources (servers and licenses) are used. |
Can protect data only within a limited environment. |
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System maintenance and management is easy due to smaller operation boundaries. |
N/A |
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Support for extending into any other deployment topologies. |
N/A |