Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 91

Database one contains the data for
dc=example,dc=com
dc=example,dc=com
database three contains the data for
• Multiple databases for one suffix.
For example, suppose the number of entries in the
directory tree is so large that you need two databases to store them. In this
case, the data contained by
databases. This is illustrated as follows:
Database one contains people with names from A-K and database two contains
people with names from L-Z. Database three contains the
database four contains the
You need to use the custom distribution plug-in to distribute data from a single
suffix across multiple databases. Contact Netscape Professional Services for
information on how to create distribution logic for your Directory Server.
ou=people
, so that clients can conduct searches based at
. Database two contains the data for
ou=contractors
could be distributed across two
ou=people
ou=contractors
Chapter 3
Creating and Maintaining Databases
plus the data for
ou=groups
.
branch of your
ou=people
ou=groups
data.
Configuring Directory Databases
, and
data, and
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