Re: BDB database maintenance

[vadim tarassov <vadim.tarassov@swissonline.ch>]

Hi Jeremy,

Sorry, I am reading this your message again and again and really can not 
get to your point.
Look, I promise continue to discuss with you this no doubt meaningful 
subject if you will manage to explain me what means

"end-user tuning".

OpenLDAP is software, it has nothing to do with surgery.

Jeremy Ardley wrote:

> I quote http://www.sleepycat.com/company/pdfs/newbdbrelationalwhite.pdf
>
>
> Data Administration May Not Be Needed
>
> Eliminating SQL often means eliminating or reducing database administration
> costs, too. Berkeley DB installations seldom need a DBA. In many Berkeley DB
> deployments, the end user may not even realize that a database component is
> part of the product - how many cell phone users think about a data table
> lookup when searching for a number in their personal address book?
>
> Berkeley DB operates without end-user backups, installation, or tuning.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> My question to the developers of back-bdb is why does the back-bdb use of
> Berkeley DB require end-user backups and tuning?  This includes the
> requirement to mananage the log files and to perform database recovery after
> abnormal shutdown.
>
> Is the Berkeley article just plain wrong?  Or is there something special
> about back-bdb ?
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