NetWare Directory Services

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Implementing NetWare Directory Services
Introduction
Introduction
Implementing NDS™ technology on your network can be as simple or as
complex as you want it to be. The flexibility of NDS allows you to install
and run it on a single server or on many servers.
With NDS, you can create an enterprise-wide information system that spans
multiple sites and countries and maintain multiple partitions and replicas
within a multilevel hierarchy of containers and objects. Or, you can create a
small workgroup-based network environment.
There are many reasons to implement NDS on any size network. The
following are commonly cited reasons to implement NDS:
• Simple, flexible, and cost-efficient network administration, regardless of network
size
NDS allows a single network supervisor to administer an entire network of
resources from a single location or to share responsibility with local site
supervisors using the same administration tool and database.
• Reliable fault tolerance
By carefully partitioning and replicating your Directory database, you can
decrease WAN link traffic and provide for an accidental loss of Directory
information.
• Flexible and usable implementation in mixed environments
A thoughtful implementation of bindery services can ease the migration process
from bindery-based NetWare installations.
• Support for enterprise applications
NDS supports enterprise applications, such as demographics research tools,
database applications, human resources/payroll applications, scheduling
systems, statistical services applications, document management, and electronic
mail.
• Increased network performance
NDS allows you to determine how and where network traffic is generated on the
network. You can confine network traffic to a local server by implementing
partitions and replicas.
• Advanced security features