Re: BDB vs. HDB

[Samuel Tran <stran@amnh.org>]

Howard Chu wrote:

> Matthew J. Smith wrote:
>
> > Given a brand new OpenLDAP 2.2.23 installation, is there any reason to
> > continue to use BDB instead of HDB, or can I safely move everything to
> > HDB?  Do the Berkley 4.2.52+ db_* tools support HDB?  I recall a problem
> > with db_verify once upon a time...
> >  
> The issue with db_verify remains in OpenLDAP 2.2 back-hdb on 
> Little-Endian
> (e.g. Intel x86) hardware. The issue is gone in OpenLDAP 2.3. Since 
> the fix
> involves an incompatible database format change, it will not be 
> backported to 2.2.
So HDB should be used instead of BDB in OL 2.3.x, am I correct?

I am planning an upgrade from 2.2.23 to 2.3.4. I thought it might a good 
time to switch from BDB to HDB.

Thanks.
Sam