From 735b1eb8917fb61fae67965c13206fbef0a24e96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Henry Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:38:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tuning intro complete and more reorganising. --- doc/guide/admin/tuning.sdf | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/tuning.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/tuning.sdf index 5e3f9735a1..cd3dce2108 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin/tuning.sdf +++ b/doc/guide/admin/tuning.sdf @@ -2,11 +2,74 @@ # Copyright 1999-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved. # COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT. -H1: Performance Tuning +H1: Tuning -Link for merging content into this chapter: +This is perhaps one of the most important chapters in the guide, because if +you have not tunned {{slapd}}(8) correctly or grasped how to design your +directory and environment, you can expect very poor performance. -http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/190.html +Reading, understanding and experimenting using the instructions and information +in the following sections, will enable you to fully understand how to tailor +your directory server to your specific requirements. + +Various factors can play a part in how your directory performs on your chosen +hardware and environment. We will attempt to discuss these here. + +It should be noted that the following information has been collected over time +from our community based FAQ. So obviously the benefit of this real world experience +and advice should be of great value to the reader. + + +H2: Performance Factors + +We will attempt to discuss how various parts of the environment in which your +directory runs can play a part in how well it performs. + + +H3: Memory + +Scale your cache to use available memory and increase system memory if you can. + +More info here. + + +H3: Disks + +Use fast subsystems. Put each database and logs on separate disks. + +Example showing config settings + + +H3: Network Topology + +http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/363.html + +Drawing here. + + +H3: Directory Layout Design + +Reference to other sections and good/bad drawing here. + + +H3: Expected Usage + +Discussion. + + +H2: Indexes + +http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/42.html http://www.connexitor.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=103#body http://groups.google.com/group/comp.mail.sendmail/browse_frm/thread/17c5c0b94ad1fc58/f870758659375718?lnk=gst&q=hyc&rnum=12&hl=en#f870758659375718 + +H2: Tuning Logging + +http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/80.html + + +H2: BDB/HDB database cache size + +http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1076.html +http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1075.html -- 2.39.5