NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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Backup
A duplicate of data (file, directory, volume), copied to a storage device
(floppy diskette, cartridge tape, hard disk). A backup can be retrieved and
restored if the original is corrupted or destroyed.
Related utilities: “ndsrestore”; “ndsbackup” (Utilities Reference).
See also: “Backing Up and Restoring the NetWare Directory Services”
(Supervising the Network).
Bindery
A network database, in NetWare versions earlier than NetWare 4, that
contains definitions for entities such as users, groups, and workgroups.
In NetWare 4, the bindery has been replaced by the NetWare Directory
database, under NetWare Directory Services.
Bindery services provides NetWare 4 networks with backward compatibility
to NetWare versions that used the bindery. (See “Bindery services.”)
The following table compares features of bindery- and Directory-based
versions of NetWare.
Table 1-3 Comparison of bindery and Directory environments
Feature Bindery Directory
Logical Structure Flat structure Hierarchical tree
Partitions None Distributed database
Replication None Partitions replicated
Synchronization No replicas Replicas synchronized
Users Separate account on each server Global account for network
Groups Server-by-server Network-wide