Abstract: A system and method are provided for efficiently evaluating directory service operations in a directory service network. The directory service network may comprise a plurality of directory servers. Each of the directory servers may maintain information about the other servers in the network. The directory servers may share information received in a directory service update using a mutual updating process. Additionally, a new directory server joining a directory service network may be initialized with the directory data stored at one or more of the other network servers.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for processing directory service operations. The system includes a client device communicatively coupled to one or more directory servers. Each directory server includes a communications interface, a storage mechanism, and an evaluation module. According to an exemplary embodiment, the storage mechanism is a non-persistent storage mechanism which increases read and write performance. When a directory server receives a directory service operation, it determines whether it is capable of processing the operation, and if so, processes it with respect to its non-persistent storage mechanism.