Re: Intense LDAP write operations

["Ismo Heikkonen" <ismo.heikkonen@sonera.com>]

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Hi,

because LDAP is just an interface to the directory, the performance
of  LDAP server is up to the quality of the server implementation
used. 
LDAP does not define any database structure or indexing technologies
to be used;
each vendor can design these items quite freely. 
The LDAP protocol itself is quite efficient, comparable with any
other protocol
you run over TCP layer.
So by selecting or building efficient LDAP server where the need for
intense 
write operations has been taken into account, it is a reasonable
solution.

Ismo

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From: <Martin.Rahm@nokia.com>
To: <ietf-ldapext@netscape.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 9:57 AM
Subject: Intense LDAP write operations


Hi,

I am working on a problem where LDAP would be used to keep a
directory with
user data.  One concern I have is that LDAP is supposed to be less
efficient
when it comes to intense write operations.

Can LDAP handle millions of users data in a directory where some of
the data
(a few attributes) needs to be updated very frequently?  How would
that
affect performance and is LDAP effective when the searched data must
be
returned prompty with very little delay?

If anyone has any comments on this, I would appreciate it,

Martin Rahm


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