Discussion: Designing a Backup Strategy

Designing a strategy for replicating Active Directory throughout a multi-site organization requires balancing the provision of timely information and ensuring that the network is not overburdened with data. What are the factors that go into the decision about what data is being replicated? How often is that done? How do you ensure that it is functioning properly? Include in the discussion a description of the organizational roles that are involved in this work and the activities that would be assigned to those particular roles.