Re: Mysql as a backend for LDAP

[Rick van Rein <rick@vanrein.org>]

Hi Adam Williams,

> Yes, but you don't want to.  Why does everyone keep thinking using an
> RDBMS as a backend to LDAP is a good idea?  And mysql no less...  I

I think because RDBMS have established a sensation of speedy yet robust
storage, unlike LDAP which is relatively new and unknown to most.

It would be helpful if the qualitative remarks about this issue in the
OpenLDAP FAQ were strenthened with numerical data, that is, by benchmarks.


Cheers,

Rick van Rein.