Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services > 13. Piloting Your Directory Service |
Chapter 13. Piloting Your Directory ServiceOne of the most important milestones in your directory's early life cycle is achieved when you pilot the service. Until this point, your design has existed only in documents, on white boards , and in your head. During the pilot stage, you move from paper to programs, from design to deployment, and from theory to practice. During your directory pilot, you get your first look at how well the design you've labored over works in something approaching a real environment. You begin to see how well the software you've selected performs , how smoothly the data maintenance procedures that you've designed work, and how receptive the users of your directory are to the service. You will then make modifications to your design based on feedback from the pilot. You should never consider deploying a service or making a major change to your service without testing and piloting it first. Piloting is important for the following reasons:
There may be other benefits to piloting as well, depending on your situation. In this chapter, we present a road map to guide you through the process of piloting your directory service. We start with pre-pilot testing, in which you ensure that the directory software you have chosen will perform well in your environment. We then focus on determining the scope and goals of your pilot, and we continue with a discussion of the piloting environment you need. Next we talk about how to collect feedback on your pilot and how to scale up your pilot to simulate the load the service will experience in production. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of how to analyze the feedback generated from your pilot experience, the implications the feedback has on your design, and how to make changes to the design.
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