Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual page 32

Performing a Site Survey
• Windows NT4 Server or Active Directory. Through Windows User Sync,
deployments of Windows directory services can be integrated to function in
tandem with your Directory Server. Both directories can store user
information (user names and passwords, email addresses, telephone
numbers) and group information (members). Style your Directory Server
deployment after your existing Windows server deployment (or vice versa)
so that your users, groups, and other directory data can be smoothly
synchronized.
When you examine the applications that will use your directory, look at the types
of information each application uses. The following table gives an example of
applications and the information used by each:
Table 2-1 Application Data Needs
Application
Phonebook
Web server
Calendar server
Once you identify the applications and information used by each application, you
can see that some types of data are used by more than one application. Doing this
kind of exercise during the data planning stage can help you avoid data
redundancy problems in your directory and see more clearly what data your
directory-dependent applications require.
The final decision you make about the types of data you maintain in your
directory and when you start maintaining it is affected by these factors:
• The data required by your various legacy applications and your user
population.
• The ability of your legacy applications to communicate with an LDAP
directory.
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Class of Data Data
People Name, email address, phone number,
user ID, password, department number,
manager, mail stop.
People, groups User ID, password, group name, groups
members, group owner.
People, meeting Name, user ID, cube number, conference
rooms room name.