Franky, Thank you for the suggestion... you are the first to answer the question with the presumption that I would like to stay with openldap. I will raise this question on the openldap list, because it is obvisouly a better place than this list.
My version of db3: db3-3.2.9-4 -- that is good, right? I'm still at a loss here. Dave. --- Franky Van Liedekerke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:51:02 +0300 > Mike Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > K. F. Yim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > > > > We encounter the same problem on OpenLDAP and > are also planning to use > > > iPlanet > > > Directory Server and we got information from our > local Sun sale > > > representitives that > > > we can only use 10k user license for any Sparc > machine purchased. > > > > > > Could you please confirm this. (200k entries on > each machine > > > purchased) > > > > > > > Hi, > > It is not 200k different entries on each machine, > it is 200k entries > > total in the directory as long as all replicas are > also sparc machines > > running solaris 8. The same license does not apply > for solaris 9, afaik. > > > > > http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/package.html > > > > Look at the section for solaris 8. Sun has > consistently updated the > > version number in the license every time a new > version of the directory > > server has appeared. There is no good reason to > not use solaris 8 and > > directory 5.1 if you have available sparc > hardware. > > > > Just for the record: Iplanet is not all that well, > we're just moving away > from it: replica gets out of sync for no apparent > reason, response times > not al that great, pricing for licenses for more > then 200k entries are > ridiculous, and of course you need support on the > hardware and Solaris > itself, and support on the ldap server (not the > license cost). > Your problems with openldap might be more related to > the version of db3 > you're using. It might be much wiser to just ask > this on the openldap list > or check your db3 version, or upgrade to openldap > 2.0.25 (last stable), or > even 2.1 (using db4). > I for one am using 2.0.23 for months on a reasonable > high usage system, > with >100k entries in it, without any problems at > all. > > Franky __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
