Naming Multiple Suffixes; Creating Your Directory Tree Structure - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Designing Your Directory Tree
Using an organization name followed by a country designation is typical of the
X.500 naming convention for suffixes.

Naming Multiple Suffixes

Each suffix that you use with your directory is a unique directory tree. There are
several ways that you can include multiple trees in your directory. The first is to
create multiple directory trees stored in separate databases served by Directory
Server. For example, you could create separate suffixes for
example_b
The databases could be stored on a single server or multiple servers depending
upon resource constraints.

Creating Your Directory Tree Structure

You need to decide whether you use a flat or hierarchical tree structure. As a
general rule, strive to make your directory tree as flat as possible. However, a
certain amount of hierarchy can be important later when you partition data across
multiple databases, prepare replication, and set access controls.
The structure of your tree involves the following steps and considerations:
• Branching Your Directory
• Identifying Branch Points
• Replication Considerations
• Access Control Considerations
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and store them in separate databases as shown below:
and
example_a