DIRECTORY SERVICES
The Domino Directory is also a tool that administrators use to manage the Domino system. For example, administrators create documents in the Domino Directory to connect servers for replication or mail routing, to schedule server tasks, and so on.
When a server runs the LDAP service, the Domino Directory is accessible through the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Typically, a Domino Directory is associated with a Domino domain. When you set up the first server in a Domino domain, Domino automatically creates the Domino Directory database and gives it the file name NAMES.NSF. When you add a new server to the domain, Domino automatically creates a replica of the Domino Directory on the new server.
You can also create a Domino Directory manually from the PUBNAMES.NTF template and use it as a secondary directory to store, for example, entries for your Internet users.
To optimize its performance, the Domino Directory has these database properties enabled by default: