|
|
Inappropriate
|
See Answer
To Email:
Subject:
Note to go along with the question: (Optional, no
more than 1,000 characters)

Active Directory data store, the actual database file, is %SystemRoot%\ntds\NTDS.DIT. The ntds.dit file is the heart of Active Directory including user accounts. Active Directory's database engine is the Extensible Storage Engine ( ESE ) which is based on the Jet database used by Exchange 5.5 and WINS. The ESE has the capability to grow to 16 terabytes which would be large enough for 10 million objects. Back to the real world. Only the Jet database can maniuplate information within the AD datastore.
The Active Directory ESE database, NTDS.DIT, consists of the following tables:
Schema table - the types of objects that can be created in the Active Directory, relationships between them, and the optional and mandatory attributes on each type of object. This table is fairly static and much smaller than the data table.
Link table - contains linked attributes, which contain values referring to other objects in the Active Directory. Take the MemberOf attribute on a user object. That attribute contains values that reference groups to which the user belongs. This is also far smaller than the data table.
Data table - users, groups, application-specific data, and any other data stored in the Active Directory. The data table can be thought of as having rows where each row represents an instance of an object such as a user, and columns where each column represents an attribute in the schema such as GivenName.
From a different perspective, Active Directory has three types of data
Schema information - definitional details about objects and attributes that one CAN store in the AD. Replicates to all domain controllers.
Static in nature.
Configuration information
configuration data about forest and trees. Replicates to all domain controllers. Static as your forest is.
Domain information
object information for a domain. Replicates to all domain controllers within a domain. The object portion becomes part of Global Catalog. The attribute values (the actual bulk of data) only replicates within the domain.
Although GUIDs are unique, they are large. AD uses distinguished name tag ( DNT ). DNT is a 4-byte DWORD value which is incremented when a new object is created in the store. The DNT represents the object's database row number.
It is an example of a fixed column. Each object's parent relationship is stored as a parent distinguished name tag ( PDNT ). Resolution of parent-child relationships is optimized because the DNT and PDNT are indexed fields in the database.
The size of ntds.dit will often be different sizes across the domain controllers in a domain. Remember that Active Directory is a multi-master independent model where updates are occuring in each of the ADs with the changes being replicated over time to the other domain controllers. The changed data is replicated between domain controllers, not the database, so there is no guarantee that the files are going to be the same size across all domain controllers.
Active Directory routinely performs online database defragmentation, but this is limited to the disposal of
tombstoned objects. The database file cannot be compacted while Active Directory is mounted. An ntds.dit file that has been defragmented offline ( compacted ), can be much smaller than the ntds.dit file on its peers. To defrag ntds.dit offline
Create Date
:
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Click here
to improve the Interview Question, Answer and other fields.
|
|
Inappropriate
|
See Answer
To Email:
Subject:
Note to go along with the question: (Optional, no
more than 1,000 characters)
Rain forest cover 6% of Earth's surface. This forest absorbs carbon-di- oxide from the atmosphere thus consuming a major part of Green house gas.
Create Date
:
Monday, August 27, 2007
Click here
to improve the Interview Question, Answer and other fields.
|
|
Inappropriate
|
See Answer
To Email:
Subject:
Note to go along with the question: (Optional, no
more than 1,000 characters)
Fire danger map is used to predict fire. this map is developed using current and historical weather and fuel data. These data are transferred to models to give present condition information and also predicts what may happen tomorrow.
Create Date
:
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Click here
to improve the Interview Question, Answer and other fields.
|
|
Inappropriate
|
See Answer
To Email:
Subject:
Note to go along with the question: (Optional, no
more than 1,000 characters)
In forestry, modeling is primarily done using computer programs to imitate individual stem growth, stand growth, fire characteristics, insect infestation, forest ecosystem dynamics, log inventory distribution, forest land valuation, wildlife population dynamics and strategic forest level planning to name a few.In forestry forest modeling is used to simulate forest growth and dynamics to undertake timber supply analysis, prepare strategic level plans and calculate allowable annual cut (AAC).
Create Date
:
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Click here
to improve the Interview Question, Answer and other fields.
|
|
Inappropriate
|
See Answer
To Email:
Subject:
Note to go along with the question: (Optional, no
more than 1,000 characters)
Canopy layer is the primary layer of the forest and forms a roof over the two remaining layers.
Create Date
:
Monday, August 27, 2007
Click here
to improve the Interview Question, Answer and other fields.