On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/15/10 10:29 AM, Stefan Seelmann wrote: >> I wonder if another hierarchy (DIT structure) makes more sense: >> >> DirectoryService >> -> Partitions >> -> Indexes >> -> Journal >> -> Changelog >> -> Servers >> -> LdapServer >> -> Transports >> -> Replication consumer >> -> Replication provider >> -> KerberosServer >> -> ... >> >> This way it should also be possible to define multiple directory >> services with their own servers. > > This is an option. It reverts the logic we currently have in place, but it's > smart, assuming it covers both concerns we have : > - with such a hierarchy, we allow someone to define 2 servers having 2 > different DS > - we also have all the elements cleanly linked together.
One issue is that not all servers (only NTP atm?) have a relationship to the directory service. But I think the main purpose of ApacheDS is to provide services the need a hierarchical data store underneath. Kind Regards, Stefan
