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Directory Server Vs RDBMS

 
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I want to create a shared repository for teaching materials and projects data, should i go for RDBMS or Naming & Directory Server.

If Naming & Directory Server then which service provider i should use in JNDI, basically which naming and directory server, or can i write my own spi which just talks to my own solution to problem and gives jndi api to give access to clients.
 
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Go with an RDBMS. Naming directories should only be restricted to truly hierarchical, usually person-centric data. It's much easier to define the right data structures for a problem in a RDBMS than a directory server.

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Hi,

FYI..

May be six months before ,even we had a similiar requirements and it is something for storing project data in a shared Env. And we were talking about RDBMS and directory server. And the thing here is the users should browse these document thru a intranet web page .

So we used both (RDBMS and DS). So it is really depends upon the requirement, You can even use directory server,but the purpose of DS is lost....
 
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