This chapter provides instruction for planning
an implementation of the NetWare® Directory Services™
(NDS) technology on your network.
The following topics are discussed on the indicated pages:
The size of your network determines the amount of planning
necessary for
implementing the NDS™ technology—the larger the
network, the more planning might be required.
A small network implementation of a Directory tree with only
one container object needs minimal, if any, planning of the Directory
tree structure.
A large network with thousands of users, hundreds of servers,
hundreds of printers, and dozens of network supervisors in various
departments benefits greatly from advanced planning of the Directory
tree structure.
Regardless, NDS makes all of your network resources available
in one information system, with an overall strategy for consistent
and logical organization of network resources.
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.
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