Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods expose a form of backup data, referred to as snapshot data, to an online server. The snapshot data is copy of the directory system at a time in the past. The snapshot data, in embodiments, is exposed as an LDAP server database, which can be manipulated by one or more tools. Thus, the snapshot data is available to online servers to view, to compare, to restore, or to accomplish other actions on the data within the snapshot without server downtime.

Abstract: In embodiments, servers within a distributed system include more than one thread pool from which threads may be allocated for processing requests received at the servers. The servers have a local thread pool from which threads for processing requests that require only local resources (resources stored locally on the server) are allocated. In embodiments, the server will include a remote thread pool from which threads are allocated for processing requests that require resources stored on any remote server. In other embodiments, the server will include a corresponding thread pool for each of a number of specified remote servers. When a request requires access to resources stored on a particular server, a thread from the corresponding thread pool associated with the particular server will be allocated for processing the request.