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New in Directory Server 5.2:
• Up to 4-way multi-master replication over wide-area networks (MMR/WAN)
for high write availability over multiple data centers
• Simplified migration steps for easier upgrades
• 64-bit large cache support for high volume deployments
• Support for multiple, configurable password policies
• Fractional replication for replicating a selected subset of attributes
• Configurable encryption for all attributes, not only userPassword
• Enhanced server management console for simplified handling of configuration
and directory data
• Directory access through DSML v2 for web services
• Improvements to replication failover
• Increased concurrent access for replication updates
• Replication monitoring and management tools to handle large topologies
• Flexible role scope for unified management of static and dynamic groups
• Support for StartTLS on Windows platforms
• Support for virtual attributes in search filters
• Full support for both IPv4 and IPv6
• Support for obtaining effective access control rights
• Sun Cluster agents for additional high availability services
• Performance improvements to handle higher rates of mixed update and search
operations
Additional Features
The following are a sample of further features included with Directory Server 5.2:
• Flexible, scalable replication with transaction logging for failure recovery
• Support for online, remote installation and maintenance, including backups,
configuration changes, schema updates, and indexing
• Open standards support as indicated in Table 2 on page 7
• Support for multiple platforms as noted in Table 1 on page 6
• Automatic replication of access control rules and schema definitions
• Large horizontal and vertical scalability, allowing use of multiple databases
• Support for replication with previous versions of Directory Server
• Support for managed, filtered, and nested roles
• Support for class of service, enabling entries to share attribute values
• Support for server-to-server chaining (client request forwarding)
• Configurable account inactivation
• Extensibility through a rich, fully supported server plug-in API
• Development tools for building directory client applications
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