Week 4 System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services Already Passed

Week 4 System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services Already Passed Directory Server Contains a lookup service that provides mapping between network resources and their network addresses Replication The stored directory data can be copied and distributed across a number of physically distributed servers, but still appear as one, unified data-store for querying and administrating Directory Services Useful for organizing data and making it searchable for an organization A lookup service for an organization What does a directory server provide? Redundancy, decreased latency What benefits does replication provide? Lightweight Directory Access Protocol What's the most popular directory services protocol used today? Centralized Management A central service that provides instructions to all the different parts of my IT infrastructure AAA Directory services provide centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting, also known as _______