You might be interested in an article from IBM on "non-stop authentication with Linux clusters" where they use an LDAP server with replication on a second failover server and auto takeover in case of failure.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/articles/linux_clust/index.html Cheers, Marcel --On Freitag, 5. April 2002 10:22 +0200 Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:07:37PM -0500, > Jeff S Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > a message of 47 lines which said: > >> LDAP resources or experience in-house, but honestly would like to move >> to it > > Not to discourage you but do not take that move lightly: LDAP is a > huge and difficult beast. > >> well. There seems to be a real lack of a good, thorough HOWTO >> though. > > Unfortunately, yes. > >> Have I not looked in the right place? > > No, no, it is a really a problem. > >> Is LDAP really the best tool here? Keep in mind hundreds of authen >> requests per second, > > I never benchmarked so many requests but other people seem to be happy > about OpenLDAP speed. You'll probably have to set up a LDAP replica on > the Web server itself. > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Marcel Hicking VIA NET.WORKS Deutschland GmbH Bismarckstrasse 120, D-47057 Duisburg Geschaeftsfuehrung: Ray D. Samuelson, Matt Nydell Amtsgericht Duisburg, HRB 7672 Phone: +49 203-3093 100, Fax:+49 203-3093 112 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vianetworks.de/ Alle Angebote sind unverbindlich. Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschaeftsbedingungen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
