
Configuring an Open Directory Replica
Open Directory enables you to replicate servers, that is, to create and maintain one or more
exact copies of your server’s LDAP, password, and Kerberos databases. Open Directory also
provides automatic load balancing between replicated servers. As a result, you can scale your
directory infrastructure and improve search-and-retrieval time on distributed networks.
Replication also protects against network outages because client systems can use any replica
in your organization.
In Mac OS X Server v10.5, you can create nested replicas, that is, replicas of replicas.
One master can have up to 32 replicas, and those replicas ...