When a server has thousands of dynamic groups, searches on groups are much slower on 883 compared to 882

  • 7001654
  • 14-Oct-2008
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.10 for All Platforms
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP3 for All Platforms

Situation

If a server has thousands of dynamic groups, searches that include the member attribute in the filter can potentially be slower.  Here's one example search filter -

(&(objectclass=posixGroup)(|(memberUid=id08267)(uniqueMember=cn=jsmith,o=novell)))

However, searches that return all the members of a dynamic group do not appear to be any slower.

Resolution

There's no known work-around.  If the performance isn't accetable, add a previous eDirectory version back into the tree.