Re: slapd, bdb, 32-bit -> 64-bit

[Frode Nordahl <frode@nordahl.net>]

On 16. okt. 2006, at 00.04, Howard Chu wrote:

> Frode Nordahl wrote:
> > We are running OpenLDAP in a distributed environment where every  
> > server has a local copy of the LDAP database for performance and  
> > reliability reasons. The database is 6 GB, so it is non-trivial  
> > export it to LDIF and import it again on the 64-bit systems. (It  
> > takes way too long).
>
> If this is taking too long, then you're doing something wrong. With  
> OpenLDAP 2.3 and -q (quick mode) we can slapadd a 1 terabyte  
> database in only 8 hours. Your 6GB database could be loaded in just  
> 15 minutes or so.

Ok, thanks. I will revisit this problem and try to find out how fast  
we can make it go, and see if it is sufficient for disaster recovery  
and adding of new systems.

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Frode Nordahl