
Designing Your Novell eDirectory Network
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You might want to create multiple Organization objects if your company has the following needs:
It comprises multiple companies that do not share the same network.
It needs to represent separate business units or organizations.
It has a policy or other internal guidelines that dictate that organizations remain separate.
Creating Organizational Units That Represent the Physical Network
First-level Organizational Unit design is important because it affects the partitioning and efficiency
of eDirectory.
For networks that span more than one building or location using either a LAN or a WAN, the first-
level Organizational Unit object design should be based on location. This allows you to partition
eDirectory in a way that keeps all objects in a partition at one location. It also provides a natural
place to make security and administrator assignments for each location.
2.2.3 Designing the Lower Layers of the Tree
You should design the lower layers of the tree based on the organization of network resources. You
have more freedom in designing the lower layers of an eDirectory tree than the upper layers because
lower-layer design affects only objects at the same location.
To create the lower layers of the tree, see
“Creating an Object” on page 96
and
“Modifying an
Object's Properties” on page 96
.
Determining Container, Tree, and Database Size
The number of lower-level container objects you create depends on the total number of objects in
your tree and your disk space and disk I/O speed limitations. eDirectory SP3 has been tested with
over 1 billion objects in a single eDirectory tree, so the only real limitations are disk space, disk I/O
speed, and RAM to maintain performance. Keep in mind that the impact of replication on a large
tree is significant.
A typical object in eDirectory SP3 is 3 to 5 KB in size. Using this object size, you can quickly
calculate disk space requirements for the number of objects you have or need. Keep in mind that the
object size will grow depending upon how many attributes are completed with data and what the
data is. If objects will hold binary large object (BLOB) data such as pictures, sounds, or biometrics,
the object size will subsequently grow.
The larger the partitions, the slower the replication cycles. If you are using products that require the
use of eDirectory SP3, such as ZENworks and DNS/DHCP services, the eDirectory objects created
by these products will affect the size of the containers they are located in. You might consider
placing objects that are for administration purposes only, such as DNS/DHCP, in their own partition
so user access is not affected with slower replication. Also, managing partitions and replicas will be
easier.
If you are interested, you can easily determine the size of your eDirectory SP3 database or the
Directory Information Base (DIB) Set.
For NetWare, download toolbox.nlm from the
Novell Support Web site (http://
support.novell.com)
to see the
sys:_netware
directory on your server.
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