The SAMBA-LDAP-PDC Howto

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Revision : 1.24

Load and Availability

TODO: indicate some load params, and present a redundant and HA solution.
TODO: describe test-plateform.

16.1

OpenLDAP Load

As we’re storing users and groups in a LDAP directory, we will have a closer look on the
OpenLDAP capacity to store numerous account, and systems (Samba and pam ldap) to interact
with this LDAP database.
For testing purpose, we’re going to test bind/read/write operations on LDAP, with a population of 50.000 users, 50.000 computers. and 1000 groups.

16.2

Samba Load

As we’re storing the SAM database in a LDAP directory, we will have a closer look on the
Samba-LDAP capacity to interact under heavy stress.
For testing purpose, we’re going to compare Samba with and without the LDAP stored SAM.
We’ll have to show stress test results (smbtorture?) using 20, 50, 100, 150 and 200 clients.

16.3

High Availability

TODO: Present an HA configuration: what to do, how to do it (using Kimberlite/Mon or
Hearbeat/Mon).

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