NDS maintains names and information about every object or resource on the entire network, regardless of on what physical server the resources are located. Thus a user need only to login once to the network directory and have access to the applications and resources on the network. Netware support of multiple processors, along with the scalability of NDS, provides a solution that will keep pace with our growing open network. In addition, Novell has new products to integrate the NT, Mac and UNIX environments which make up our enterprise network. Microsoft NT Server utilizes domains to track resources on the network.
Domains are flat, relational tables that are limited in scalability.
Microsoft NT Server is also scalable with multiple processors. However, when adding or combining domains for large enterprise solutions, performance does not scale because of the flat nature of domains and the requirement for multiple trust relationships. Fewer servers are required for the number of users. Microsoft NT Server will play a strategic role in our open network environment. OCCS is implementing Windows NT Server as an application server.