Patent ID: 7290053
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a distributed directory service system that includes a plurality of directory servers connectable to one another through a network so that directory service objects are replicated through a distributed database among the plurality of directory servers, and wherein at least one of the directory servers is responsible for assigning quotas to network entities that are allowed to create directory service objects, tracking quota consumption of objects by such network entities, and enforcing quota limits as to consumption of objects by such network entities, a method by which the network entities are managed by the at least one responsible directory server with respect to the object quotas for such network entities, the method comprising steps for: sending from a first network entity to the at least one responsible server a request for a directory operation, the first entity having an object quota assigned to it by the at least one responsible server, and owning a plurality of system objects and tombstones for deleted system objects, and the requested directory operation changing the number of objects owned by the first entity if performed; performing at the first network entity the requested directory operation, but only if it is determined that the quota of the entity will not be exceeded, said determination being performed by,