NetWare Directory Services

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Planning NetWare Directory Services Implementation
Overview
Efficient planning enables your Directory tree to
• Make looking up information easier for users
• Make administering the network easier for network supervisors
• Provide fault tolerance for the Directory database
• Decrease traffic on the network
To plan an implementation of NDS, consider the following issues:
• What organizational structure of the Directory tree makes the most sense for your
network resources?
• How do you want the Directory database to be partitioned, and where do you
want to store replicas of those partitions?
• How should time be kept and synchronized among the servers on the network?
Although planning is important to a successful implementation, NDS does
allow for subsequent changes to the Directory tree structure. NDS is flexible
and has been designed to allow restructuring as the structure of your
organization changes.