Re: allow DEFAULT_DB_PAGE_SIZE to be set (ITS#483)

[kunkee@neosoft.com]

I tried 16384 (the maximum the docs say this can be).

Randy.

> Randy,
> 
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Randy Kunkee wrote:
> 
> > On the other hand, I loaded a rather large (~300MB id2entry.dbb) into the
> > new version via ldif this weekend, and was not able to find anything on
> > the new one.
> 
> Meaning that searching no longer worked?  That's odd.
> 
> > Platform: Alpha OSF4.0e OPENLDAP_RELENG_1_2, db-2.7.7.  Not nearly as
> > satisfying, though the final files were a lot smaller.
> 
> Did you set the pagesizes larger (to 16384 or something bigger)?  I found
> the sizes to be about 1/3 as big.  I guess the entries were larger than
> the 1024 byte page size and caused lots of wasted space, whereas with the
> 16384, all data for the entry fits into a page.
> 
> Can't say I'ved tried it on an OSF machine, though.
> 
> Don
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