[ldapdata] LDAP Newsletter Status

Folks:
I'm sure there are some of you that are saying, "The newsletter is
late, where is it?" The answer is, it is coming along.
Working on the LDAP server Performance has been a great deal of fun and a
good challenge. There is so much material, that it takes times to
sift through it. The first issue in the series is a DOUBLE issue on
Benchmarks and Load Testing. Future issues will delve more into these areas
as well as discuss Server Sizing, Server Certification and much more. The
goal is be done by the end of the month..give or take.

Thank you for your patience. As a thank you, here are some of the URLS
included in the newsletter:
BENCHMARK TOOLS
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1590.html
Benchmark LDAP query tester for LDAP servers

http://www.slamd.com/
Open-source Java Application that can stress-test LDAP server workloads.
Results are currently stored in a LDAP directory as well.

http://www.slamd.com/docs/benchmarking_ds52.pdf How toBenchmarlk LDAP Servers
with SLAMD tools

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/Ludo/20040906
Blog summary of LDAP load-testing tools.

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6400-10/contents.html
Sun One Benchmarking and stress test tools

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4814fe3f-92ce-4871-b8a4-99f98b3f4338&DisplayLang=en
Active Directory load testing tool (ADTest.exe)

COMPARATIVE BENCHMARKS
http://www.isode.com/whitepapers/m-vault-benchmarking.htm
Isode versus Sun with detailed results

http://email.uoa.gr/docs/ldap/Measurement.pdf
A ground-breaking article by Wang, Schulzrine, Kandlur
and Verma on how to measure and improve LDAP system performance
and the measurement methodology as well

http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2000/0515rev2.html
The classic 2000 Network World article comparing LDAP servers

Sincerely,
Hallett German