HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 configuration, command, and file reference

be set automatically to a predetermined size when the import operation is run on the
command-line. The attribute can also be used by Directory Server during the task mode import
for allocating a specified percentage of free memory for importCache.
By default, the nsslapd-import-cache-autosize attribute is enabled and is set to a value
of -1. This value autosizes importCache for the ldif2db operation only, automatically
allocating fifty percent (50%) of the free physical memory for importCache. The percentage
value (50%) is hard-coded and cannot be changed.
Setting the attribute value to 50 (nsslapd-import-cache-autosize: 50) has the same
effect on performance during an ldif2db operation. However, such a setting will have the same
effect on performance when the import operation is run as a Directory Server task. The -1 value
autosizes importCache just for the ldif2db operation and not for any, including import,
general Directory Server tasks.
NOTE:
The purpose of a -1 setting is to enable the ldif2db operation to benefit from free physical
memory but, at the same time, not compete for valuable memory with entryCache, which is
used for general operations of the Directory Server.
Setting the nsslapd-import-cache-autosize attribute value to 0 turns off the importCache
autosizing feature - that is, no autosizing occurs during either mode of the import operation.
Instead, Directory Server uses the “nsslapd-import-cachesize” attribute for import cache size,
with a default of 20,000,000.
There are three caches in the context of Directory Server: dbCache, entryCache, and
importCache. importCache is only used during the import operation. The
nsslapd-cache-autosize attribute, which is used for autosizing entryCache and dbCache,
is used during the Directory Server operations only and not during the ldif2db command-line
operation; the attribute value is the percentage of free physical memory to be allocated for
entryCache and dbCache.
If both the autosizing attributes, nsslapd-cache-autosize and
nsslapd-import-cache-autosize, are enabled, ensure that their sum is less than 100.
DescriptionParameter
cn=config, cn=ldbm database, cn=plugins, cn=configEntry DN
-1, 0 (turns import cache autosizing off) to 100Valid Range
-1 (turns import cache autosizing on for ldif2db only and allocates 50% of the free physical
memory to importCache)
Default Value
IntegerSyntax
nsslapd-import-cache-autosize: -1Example
3.4.1.27 nsslapd-mode
This attribute specifies the permissions used for newly created index files.
DescriptionParameter
cn=config, cn=ldbm database, cn=plugins, cn=configEntry DN
Any four-digit octal number. However, mode 0600 is recommended. This allows read and
write access for the owner of the index files (which is the user as whom the ns-slapd runs)
and no access for other users.
Valid Values
600Default Value
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