[imp] Type of LDAP server used

[Andrew Morgan]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Thierry Voyat wrote:

> Alan Kong a écrit :
>> Dear All,
>> Just wonder which LDAP server is used for integrating with imp/horde
>> applications. Is openldap a popular choice?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Regards
>> Alan
>
> I started with iPlanet Directory Server 4.15. that functioned without
> problems execpt the huge number of writings generated by Horde
>
> Migrating to Directory SUN JES2005 (Directory 5.2) was catastrophic (20
> secondes for each login and heavy load on my directory) and I had to
> migrate towards a base mysql
>
> I had the same behavior with Fedora Directoy Server 5.1 where the
> desactivation of the plugin "role" corrected the problem.
> SUN directory still cause a 20 seconds delay at connection.
>
> But beware, for an important load, LDAP is a bad choice (all the entries
> are written with each connection and LDAP is not made to write...)
>
> My directory contains 120.000 entries for 60.000 users and 12.540 have
> horde prefs stored in mysql.

I would use a SQL server backend such as MySQL or Postgres for all the 
Horde stuff.  I can't think of a good reason to store this Horde specific 
information in LDAP.

We use the Sun LDAP server here (5.2), but just as an authentication 
source not as a data repository for Horde.

 	Andy