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Tuning Considerations for the Directory

Once you have completed capacity planning as described in Chapter 20, "Capacity Planning for the Directory", and you have acquired the necessary hardware, then you must ensure that the combined hardware and software are yielding the desired levels of performance. This chapter gives guidelines for tuning an Oracle Internet Directory installation. It contains these topics:

• About Tuning

• Tools for Performance Tuning

• CPU Usage Tuning

• Memory Tuning

• Disk Tuning

• Database Tuning

• Entry Caching

• Optimizing Searches

• Setting the Time Limit Mode

• Setting the Timeout for Client/Server Connections

• Performance Troubleshooting