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Re: NetInfo question

On 7/31/02 5:05 PM, "Michael Bartosh" <email@hidden> wrote:

> At 4:07 PM -0400 7/31/02, Steven Cardinal wrote:
>>>
>>
>> I guess I don't see how to get only 2 netinfod's - following the guide, one
>> of the systems will have 3, and either both will have 3, or one will have 4
>> once I add the clone.
>

<snip>

>
> I'd test it first, though- and automatic failover would almost
> certainly not work (DS supports looking through multiple IP's for a
> parent... not so sure about multiple tags though.. broadcast binding
> might still work)
>
> ...This is actually rather advanced for most NI usage. I've rarely
> seen a three tier hierarchy, although in Apple's Network
> Administration class, we create a 4 tier. Why do you need the lab
> domain?
>
> Test all of this extensively, or I'll claim gremlins climbed in my
> head and typed it.


Thank you , Michael and Luke!!
For the excellent information.

The lab domain is purely proof of concept. I need to design a suitable
authentication infrastructure for a school system and am trying to work out
the proper design.

Desktops are OS 9 and MacManager, so all the intricacies of NetInfo would be
lost. I see the Central site (High School) hosting the root domain, as well
as a child domain.
Each remote school would have it's own domain server, which I would like to
have a copy of the root domain so that some people can login at any school
even when (not if :) the WAN goes down.

Since MacManager doesn't have any cloning or fault tolerance, I didn't see a
need for anything more complex - each site will have its own MM server
anyway and the Wan really is unreliable.

My background tends more towards the NT world, so I'm looking for PDC/BDC
type functionality. But really don't want one huge root domain that needs to
stay up to date over the WAN. So:

root domain
|
-----------------------------
| | | |
HS SchOne SchTwo SchThree
(Root (root (root (root
Clone) clone) clone) clone)


-Steve
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