Re: BDB and DB_CONFIG

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Monday, October 31, 2005 1:54 PM +0100 "Bakman, Henrik" 
<henrik_bakman@hp.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm quite new in using OpenLDAP in a production environment. What I have
> understand, from recent postings in this list, it seems to be quite
> important to have a configured DB_CONFIG to have a solid and tuned
> openldap environment. I have found several FAQ's about it and there are
> also the Sleepycat documentation.
>
> But before I start to dig down in this documentation I wonder if there is
> some sort of "beginners-guide-to-create-and-tune-a-good-db_config" or
> some other good documentation about how to learn the tricks and avoid the
> biggest mistakes in this area?

The biggest mistake is to not have one, so I think you are off to a good 
start in wanting to implement one. ;)

The problem is that the best tuning is always dependent on your specific 
environment, so it is really a process you are going to have to step 
through.  I suggest reading this FAQ:

<http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1075.html>

--Quanah

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