Basic Tuning Recommendations

Here you find the basic recommendations for maximizing search rates or maximizing modification rates achieved by Directory Server. Set cache sizes according to the following recommendations:

For Maximum Search Rate (Searches Only)

If the directory data do not fit into available physical memory, or only just fit with no extra room to spare, set cache sizes to their default values, 32M for db-cache-size, 10M for entry-cache-size, and allow the server to use as much of the operating system's file system cache as possible. Run tests to correctly dimension the sizes based on your throughput.

If the directory data fit into available physical memory with physical memory to spare, allocate memory to the entry cache until either the entry cache is full or, on a 32–bit system, the entry cache reaches maximum size. Then allocate memory to the database cache until it is full or reaches maximum size.

See Configuring Memory in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition for instructions on setting cache sizes.

For Maximum Modification Rate (Modifications Only)

If the directory data do not fit into available physical memory, or only just fit with no extra room to spare, set the entry cache sizes to the default value, 10M for entry-cache-size and allow the server to use as much of the operating system's file system cache as possible. Keeping some database cache available ensures that modifications remain cached between each database checkpoint.

If the directory data fit into available physical memory with physical memory to spare, allocate memory to the entry cache until either the entry cache is full or, on a 32–bit system, the entry cache reaches maximum size. Then allocate memory to the database cache until it is full or reaches maximum size.

See Configuring Memory in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition for instructions on setting cache sizes.