Mister Anonyme wrote:
Hi,
The default value of response size limit in directory server is 2000
entries.
I couldn't find any documentation that explains clearly what could
cause any issues if I set it to unlimited (-1). I have some clients
that would want to get a bulk response according to some search
patterns. Actually, we have around 5000 objects that could be
returned to clients.
Is by putting a size limit to -1 would cause an impact to the server
performance ?
It depends. How many entries in your database? How many clients?
Are
clients able to execute arbitrary searches? Are you worried about
clients possibly doing a DoS attack?
Why does the size limit exists? Because of small clients and networks
with high latency/low bandwith ?
Yes, and to curb DoS attacks.
What is the difference between getting a bulk response in one shot and
in paged mode; I mean does the paged mode really relieve the load on
the server side, ie: sending 1000 responses in 5 pages instead of
giving 5000 responses in one shot ?
Most clients can handle 5000 responses in one
shot, and deal with
sorting and paging if needed to display to the clients (e.g. in a GUI
application). However, if you're talking about several hundred
thousand, you probably want the server to do the sorting and paging for you.
Thank you in advance!
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