Novell eDirectory - Full Service Directory
Storage
Storage is the database structure for the directory. It gives you the basic ability to save information in the database for future reference. The database is indexed, cached, and guarded from data corruption by a transaction system. Besides merely storing data, the database allows you to automatically control the type of data by applying classifications to the data structures.
The classifications are flexible and extensible to provide future representations in the database. The database can be split into physical pieces and distributed or placed on multiple servers. These features enable you keep a portion of the data close to the users and resource that need them and make multiple copies of the data for redundancy.
There are several elements that contribute to a full-service directory's storage suite. These include: