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Thursday Mar 01, 2007

What's new in Sun Java Directory Server 6.0

Today, Sun Microsystems released Sun Java Enterprise System 5. One of the components is Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0. (DSEE6).

You can download DSEE6 here
Read the docs here

Sun Java Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) comprises

Here are snippets of what's new in Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0.

Directory Server

Server management

A browser based administration interface
Command Line Interface (CLI) which you can use to execute almost any command that you execute using the console. New commands such as dsadm, dsconf etc.
Servers can be managed in groups, thus you can stop and start; modify schema; etc and many other commands to several servers at once.
Global lockout - password policies and failed login attempts are replicated to all replicated Directory servers servers.

Virtual Directory

A virtual view to read and update data aggregated from several LDAP Directories, Microsoft Active Directory, text files and Database sources

Scalability

Unlimited multi-masters in a replicated environment. Compare that to only four masters in Sun Directory Server 5.2 sp4
Significant performance improvements for static groups and access controll.
Prioritized replication

Identity Synchronization for Windows

Static group synchronization and account lockout/activation with Windows Active Directory

Directory Proxy Server

Dynamic rule load balancing.
Redirect operations to a specific server - for example send all password changes to one Directory server in your environment.

I invite you to read Mark, Ludo and Directory Manager's blogs on Sun Java Directory Server and OpenDS

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Posted at 06:32AM Mar 01, 2007 by Jonathan Gershater in Identity & Directory Server |