Re: openldap performance numbers vs NS

[Brendan Byrd <brendanb@missiondata.com>]

Archive User wrote:

> Hiya all,
>
> I am currently trying to get openldap accepted 
> as the ldap directory solution at my company. 
> Netscape representatives have been telling my boss
> that openldap cant scale, performs poorly, 
> doesn't have the needed stability, and cant hold
> nearly the amount of data that iplanet directory
> server can. 


Just tell him that it's free.  Unforunately, that doesn't work for too 
many PHBs.  (PHB = pointy-haired boss)  I'm sure there's some benchmarks 
somewhere.  Here's one:

http://groups.google.com/groups?th=46fc09d893a15fe2,1

As far as those Netscape numbers go, it's all bullshit.  Scalability is 
all dependant on the hardware and OS that runs on it.  Sure, I can run 
my 16-processor 2GHz Xeon machine on a bare-bones Linux for benchmarks, 
but am I going to tell them that?  Hell no.  If I admit the exact type 
of hardware/OS my machine, then I leave myself open to a fair 
comparison.  (All they have to do is do the exact same test with the 
other software product, in this case: OpenLDAP.)  As soon as boss quit 
falling for marketing schemes, the world would be a better place.  But, 
I guess part of your job is education.

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Brendan Byrd (brendanb@missiondata.com)
System Administrator @ Mission Data
http://www.missiondata.com/