OpenDS - Next generation Directory Service

OpenDS is an community project, building a free and comprehensive next generation directory service. OpenDS is designed to address large deployments, to provide high performance, to be highly extensible, and to be easy to deploy, manage and monitor. The OpenDS directory service will ultimately include not just the Directory Server, but also other essential directory-related services like directory proxy, virtual directory, namespace distribution and data synchronization. Its features include:

• LDAPv3 compliance
• High performance and space effective data storage
• Ease of configuration and administration
• An advanced replication mechanism
• An extensible security model
• Multi-faceted monitoring capabilities
• Rich user management functionality
• A DSML to LDAP gateway