NetWare Directory Services

3-6

Understanding Management Features

Directory Partitions

Figure 3-1 Parent and Child Partitions

Some characteristics of a Directory partition are as follows:

• A partition contains only NDS objects and related data. It does not include any

information about the file system directories and files.

• An NDS object can exist in only one partition, so partitions cannot overlap each

other.

• Partitions are stored only on NetWare 4 servers.

• A single NetWare 4 server can store multiple partitions.

(OU)=TEST(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=DESIGN (OU)=PROD

(OU)=TEST(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=PROD1 (OU)=PROD2

(OU)=DETROIT(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=TOKYO (OU)=LONDON

(OU)=PAY(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=ACCT (OU)=HR

(OU)=HQ

ACMECORP

(C)=US

(O)=ACME

(OU)=HQ (OU)=SALES(OU)=MFG

[ROOT]

(C)

(OU)

Common Name

Organizational Unit

(O)

Organization

Country

PROD Production

MFG Manufacturing

HR Human Resources

HQ Head Quarters

US United States

(CN)

Legend

RootPartition

(parent)

MFG Partition

(child)

Tokyo Partition

(child)

London Partition

(child)

Detroit Partition

(child)

Sales Partition

(child)