I imagine in the commercial sphere Novell eDirectory would be the one with the most runs on the board.
Regards, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Jeremy Portzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have any recent experience with LDAP deployments across > reasonably large environments (we have 1000+ hosts)? We use LDAP for > traditional Unix host authentication/authorization, as well as various > other web apps. We currently use Fedora Directory Server but are having > many problems with its multimaster replication, and have hit some walls > in troubleshooting it. While I believe we probably can fix it, > management has asked for us to consider other directory server products > (including commercial ones), if they would offer better features and > long-term support. I'm wondering if anyone can offer their recent LDAP > deployment experiences? > > Our requirements: > * Multimaster replication (or similar) for cluster deployment across > diverse geographical sites > * Scalability to 1000's of hosts > * Some sort of GUI administration (I guess web-based would be > preferred; Fedora DS's Java-based admin tool is acceptable but painful > to set up, and very slow over LANs) > * Runs on RHEL, preferably playing nice with other apps on the same > host(s) > * Sane backup, disaster recovery, and upgrade procedures > > Commercial support availability is not a specific requirement, but is > something we'd consider if it has good cost/benefit so I'd be interested > in any thoughts on that also. (Note: head office is in the US, so > AU-based support not really necessary) > > Thanks, > --Jeremy > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html