Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services, Second Edition

Chapter 13. Evaluating Directory Products

• Making the Right Product Choice

• Categories of Directory Software

• Evaluation Criteria for Directory Software

• Reaching a Decision

• Evaluating Directory Products Checklist

• Further Reading

• Looking Ahead

In Part III, Deploying Your Directory Service, we turn our attention to the process of turning your directory design into a concrete, functional service. In this chapter we discuss how to select the right directory software. We will then focus on how to pilot your directory service to validate and fine-tune your design in Chapter 14, Piloting Your Directory Service. We will pause for a moment in Chapter 15, Analyzing and Reducing Costs, to look at the costs of the directory service and how they can be minimized. Finally, ...