Re: bdb backend - reliable or not?

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

Atom Powers wrote:

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> Then put the db_recover command in your start-up script, and/or tune BDB 
> so that it can survive a crash more easily. 

Is it OK if I put "db_recover" before each slapd startup? I guess it 
should be avoided.
In that case, how can I detect that the server crashed unexpectedly, and 
script "db_recover" run?
Should I only look at existing "alock" file before starting slapd, and 
if it's there, assume something bad happened, and run "db_recover"?


> But if you are experiencing 
> unexpected crash/poweroff I'd say you have more serious issues than 
> whether to use ldbm or bdb.

No, I just prefer to be safe than sorry, and do the things "right".


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