Fedora directory users - Jun 2009 - [389-users] Single Master, Multiple Slave with NO Configuration Server Question

Hi everyone,  I posted this last week but nobody replied.  I thought I 
would send it out there one more time as I''d really like to know what 
you experts think.  The documentation about what benefits using a 
configuration server gives you is lacking.

Just wondering if there are any problems I should be aware of if I want 
to setup a single master multiple slave scenario WITHOUT using the 
master as a configuration server and just replicating our directory 
database (not o=Netscape Root).  I''m ok having to connect to the slave 
admin servers individually instead of them all showing up in the console 
when I connect to the master admin server.  Are there any other drawbacks? 

What are the benefits of using a configuration server in this scenario?

Thank you,

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Vince                   |  Michael Smith Laboratories
IT Systems Coordinator  |  University of British Columbia

Vince Tingey wrote:
> Hi everyone,  I posted this last week but nobody replied.  I thought I 
> would send it out there one more time as I''d really like to know
what
> you experts think.  The documentation about what benefits using a 
> configuration server gives you is lacking.
It allows you to do centralized server management - manage all servers 
from a single console.
>
> Just wondering if there are any problems I should be aware of if I 
> want to setup a single master multiple slave scenario WITHOUT using 
> the master as a configuration server and just replicating our 
> directory database (not o=Netscape Root).  I''m ok having to
connect to
> the slave admin servers individually instead of them all showing up in 
> the console when I connect to the master admin server.  Are there any 
> other drawbacks? 
No, not really,  If you don''t want the centralized console, then you 
don''t have to use it.  Many Fedora DS users don''t use the
console/admin
server at all and just manage everything directly with scripts and web 
based tools.
>
> What are the benefits of using a configuration server in this scenario?
>
> Thank you,
> -- 
>
> Vince                   |  Michael Smith Laboratories
> IT Systems Coordinator  |  University of British Columbia
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