[Fedora-directory-users] features

[David Boreham]

Dinil Divakaran wrote:

>
> Thanks for the help guys !
>
> So, does this mean that Fedora DS includes every feature in
> Netscape DS and Redhat DS ?

Pretty much yes. There were one or two little used
features in later Netscape DS versions that have been
removed, but nothing significant.

> I couldn't still find whether Fedora DS supports these features
> too:
>
> * automatic, on-line directory replication

Yes.

>
> * Java and C/C++ SDK

The SDK isn't per se part of the server, but
the former Netscape C and Java SDK code is
used heavily in the server. It's available from
the Mozilla Directory project (open source).

>
> * horizontal and vertical scalability
>
> I was actually comparing the features with SUN's DS. It has
> most of the features that I require; but if everything that SUN
> supports is found in Fedora DS, then why waste money :) !
>
Sun and Fedora DS are very similar. They were the same
product until a few years ago when the code forked.