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About This Guide 5
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About This Guide
Welcome to Novell®eDirectoryTM 8.8. This guide describes how to analyze and tune Novell®
eDirectoryTM on UNIX* platforms to yield superior performance in all deployments.
This guide introduces the following:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9
Chapter 2, “eDirectory Subsystems,” on page 11
Chapter 3, “Analyzing System Bottlenecks,” on page 15
Chapter 4, “Tuning eDirectory Subsystems,” on page 19
Chapter 5, “eDirectory Configuration,” on page 27
Audience
The guide is intended for network administrators.
Additional Documentation
For more information about eDirectory 8.8, refer to the following:
Novell eDirectory 8.8 Installation Guide
Novell eDirectory 8.8 Administration Guide
Novell eDirectory 8.8 What’s New Guide
Novell eDirectory 8.8 Troubleshooting Guide
These guides are available at Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation Web site (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/index.html).
For information about the eDirectory management utility, see the Novell iManager 2.7
Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/imanager27/index.html).
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forward slash, such as Linux* and UNIX*, should use forward slashes as required by your software.

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Contents 7
Contents
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About This Guide 5
1Overview 9
1.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 eDirectory Subsystems 11
2.1 FLAIM Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.1 Checkpoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.2 Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.3 Roll-Forward Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Thread Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Analyzing System Bottlenecks 15
3.1 Disk I/O Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 CPU Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Memory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4 Network Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4 Tuning eDirectory Subsystems 19
4.1 FLAIM Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1.1 Choosing Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.2 Tuning for Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Thread Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3 ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3.1 Improving eDirectory Searches and Reads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3.2 Disabling ACL Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.5 SSL Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.6 64-Bit Versus 32-Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.7 Import Convert and Export (ICE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.8 ldif2dib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 eDirectory Configuration 27
5.1 Configuring the FLAIM Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.1.1 Hard Cache Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.1.2 Dynamically Adjusting the Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2 Modifying FLAIM Cache Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.1 Modifying FLAIM Cache Settings through iMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.2.2 Modifying FLAIM Cache Settings through _ndsdb.ini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Overview
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Overview
Novell® eDirectory 8.8TM is a standards-compliant, cross-platform, highly scalable, fault-tolerant,
and high-performance directory services solution. This guide provides information on tuning your
eDirectory environment for improved performance.
Tuning for performance is a complex activity. It requires understanding of both the eDirectory and
operating system's subsystems. It involves monitoring the system to identify bottlenecks and fixing
them one at a time. Many a times resources are limited and tuning is confined to eDirectory and the
operating system.
In this guide, read the Prerequisites section before attempting any kind of tuning, then proceed to the
other sections. eDirectory Subsystems chapter describes primary subsystems that influence
eDirectory performance. Analyzing System Bottlenecks chapter describes various system resources
and their influence on eDirectory performance. Tuning eDirectory Subsystems chapter describes
how to analyze and tune eDirectory under various conditions and environments. Finally, the
eDirectory Configuration chapter describes how to configure various tunable parameters.
1.1 Prerequisites
Ensure that the following general prerequisites are met before attempting to tune the system for
performance:
A good eDirectory tree design (http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/edir88/data/
a2iiido.html) can enhance eDirectory performance. The following considerations might apply:
Applications read all the information locally on the server without needing to chain the
requests.
eDirectory efficiently handles object references automatically. If possible, objects on a
server should not refer to objects that are not local on that server, because maintaining
non-local object references can take more time. If such references exist, backlinks must be
maintained. This becomes cumbersome in large deployments.
If you need a group with 10,000 members or more, dynamic groups are recommended.
This allows you to avoid the overhead associated with maintaining references for so many
people. Choose your dynamic group configuration carefully, because using multiple
dynamic groups with improper search criteria might overload the server and reduce
overall server performance. If a search operation takes a long time to complete, the chosen
index might be inefficient. Minimize the use of regular(static) groups as this can increase
tree walking on login.
Use ACLs efficiently. For example, use the [This] trustee and assign it at the container
level instead of using an ACL template that assigns rights to itself. The fewer ACLs, the
better the performance. For more information on ACLs, refer to the Access Control List
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/edir88/data/fbachifb.html) in the Novell
eDirectory 8.8 Administration Guide.
Distribute the load onto multiple replica servers.

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Although a good tree design minimizes the need for tree walking, it is still sometimes
necessary. Advanced Referral Costing (http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/
edir88/data/b9u7705.html) can be considered.
If logins are slow, you can disable login updates. There are separate ways to disable login
updates for both NDS® and NMASTM logins. However, it is important to understand the
security implications (http://www.novell.com/documentation/nmas33/admin/
index.html?page=/documentation/nmas33/admin/data/bg8dphs.html).
Run health checks (http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/edir88/data/a5ziqam.html)
through iMonitor. Ensure the following:
Time is in sync across all replica servers.
Replica synchronization and background processes are in a healthy state.

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eDirectory Subsystems
This section discusses the eDirectory Subsystems.
Section 2.1, “FLAIM Database,” on page 11
Section 2.2, “Thread Pool,” on page 12
2.1 FLAIM Database
eDirectory uses FLAIM as its database. FLAIM (Flexible Adaptable Information Manager) is used
for traditional, volatile, and complex information. It is a very scalable database engine that supports
multiple readers and a single-writer concurrency model. Readers do not block writers and writers do
not block readers.
Physically, FLAIM organizes data in blocks. Some of the blocks are typically held in memory. They
represent the block cache. The entry cache (sometimes called a record cache) caches logical entries
from the database. Entries are constructed from the items in the block cache. FLAIM maintains hash
tables for both caches. The hash bucket size is periodically adjusted based on the number of items.
By default eDirectory uses a block size of 4 KB. The block cache size for caching the complete DIB
is equal to the DIB size, and the size required for the entry cache is about two to four times the DIB
size.
While retrieving an entry, FLAIM first checks for the entry in the entry cache. If the entry exists,
reading from the block cache isn't necessary. While retrieving a block from the disk, FLAIM first
checks for the block in the cache. If the block exists, a disk read operation isn't necessary.
When an entry is added or modified, the corresponding blocks for that entry are not directly
committed to the disk, so the disk and memory might not be in sync; however, the updates made to
the entry are logged to the roll-forward log (RFL). An RFL is used to recover transactions after a
system failure.
Least Recently Used (LRU) is the replacement algorithm used for replacing items in the cache.
Section 2.1.1, “Checkpoint,” on page 11
Section 2.1.2, “Indexes,” on page 12
Section 2.1.3, “Roll-Forward Log,” on page 12
2.1.1 Checkpoint
A checkpoint brings the on-disk version of the database to the same coherent state as the in-memory
(cached) database. FLAIM can perform a checkpoint during the minimal update activity on the
database. It runs every second and writes the dirty blocks (dirty cache) to the disk. Blocks that are
modified in the cache but not yet written to the disk are called “dirty blocks”. FLAIM acquires a
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completes or another thread is waiting to update the database. To prevent the on-disk database from
becoming too far out of sync, there are conditions under which a checkpoint is forced even if threads
are waiting to update the database:
If the checkpoint thread cannot complete a checkpoint within a specified time interval (the
default is 3 minutes), it is forced and the dirty cache is cleaned.
If the size of the dirty cache is larger than the maxdirtycache (if set), a checkpoint is forced to
bring down the dirtycache size to mindirtycache (if set) or to zero.
2.1.2 Indexes
An index is a set of keys arranged in a way that significantly speeds up the task of finding any
particular key within the index. Index keys are constructed by extracting the contents of one or more
fields (attributes) from the entries. Indexes are maintained in the block cache. Any changes to the
indexed attributes requires changes in the index blocks.
eDirectory defines a default set of indexes for system attributes (fields). System attributes such as
parentID and ancestorID are used for one-level and subtree searches. These indexes cannot be
suspended or deleted. The directory internally uses them. Default indexes are defined for attributes
such as CN, Surname, Given Name, and so on. Indexes can be of type presence, value, and substring
indexes. These indexes can be suspended. On deletion they are automatically re-created.
You can use iManager or the ndsindex LDAP utility to create indexes. Indexes (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/edir88/data/a5tuuu5.html) are server-specific.
By enabling the RECM tag in the ndstrace, you can view the index chosen for the search queries.
The following example is for an ndstrace log for a subtree search using
“cn=admin” , CN.
3019918240 RECM: Iter #b239c18 query ((Flags&1)==1) &&
((CN$217A$.Flags&8=="admin") && (AncestorID==32821))
3019918240 RECM: Iter #b239c18 index = CN$IX$220
The following example is for an ndstrace log for a subtree search using “Description= This is
for testing”
, AncestorID.
2902035360 RECM: Iter #83075b0 query ((Flags&1)==1) &&
((Description$225A$.Flags&8=="This is for testing") && (AncestorID==32821))
2902035360 RECM: Iter #83075b0 index = AncestorID_IX
2.1.3 Roll-Forward Log
FLAIM logs operations for each update transaction in a roll-forward log (RFL) file. An RFL is used
to recover transactions from a system failure or when restoring from a backup. The RFL file is
truncated after every checkpoint is completed unless it is turned on (rflkeepfiles) by using a hot
continuous backup (http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/edir88/data/a2n4mb7.html).
2.2 Thread Pool
eDirectory is multi-threaded for performance reasons. In multi-threading, when the system is busy,
more threads are created to handle the load and some threads are terminated to avoid extra overhead.
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and destroying them for every task, a number of threads are started and placed in a pool. The system
allocates the threads from the thread pool to several tasks as needed. Tasks are held in two types of
queues:
Tasks that need immediate scheduling are held in the Ready queue.
Tasks that need scheduling at a later time are held in the Waiting queue.
Not every module uses the thread pool. The actual number of threads for the process is more than
the number that exists in the thread pool. For example, FLAIM manages its background threads
separately.
Running the
ndstrace -c threads command returns the following thread pool statistics:
The total number of threads that are spawned, terminated, and idle.
The total number of worker threads currently and the peak number of worker threads.
The number of tasks and peak number of tasks in the Ready queue.
The minimum, maximum and average number of microseconds spent in the Ready queue.
The current and maximum number of tasks in the Waiting queue.
An example of a sample thread pool:
There are certain thread pool parameters:
n4u.server.max-threads: Maximum number of threads that can be available in the pool.
n4u.server.idle-threads: Maximum number of idle threads that can be available in the pool.
n4u.server.start-threads: Number of threads started.
Run the ndsconfig get and ndsconfig set commands to get and set the thread pool size.

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Analyzing System Bottlenecks
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There are several system resources that influence eDirectory performance. In addition, upgrading to
the latest version of operating system improves performance.
Section 3.1, “Disk I/O Subsystem,” on page 15
Section 3.2, “CPU Subsystem,” on page 16
Section 3.3, “Memory Subsystem,” on page 16
Section 3.4, “Network Subsystem,” on page 17
3.1 Disk I/O Subsystem
The disk subsystem is the most common bottleneck. The I/O takes a relatively long time with longer
queues, resulting in high disk utilization and idle CPU cycles. Use the iostat tool during expected
peak loads to determine the average response time indicators.
Disk read, write, and update operations can be sequential or random. Random reads and updates is
the most common access pattern in eDirectory deployments.
Some solutions for random workloads:
Increase the RAM. This allows caching frequently used data or read-ahead data at the
filesystem layer. It also allows caching the DIB within the FLAIM subsystem.
Use dedicated volumes for the DIB. Filesystem performance improves for volumes created
closer to the spindle. Use dedicated volumes for RFL and other logs.
As disks develop increasing latency over a period of time because of fragmentation, they
should be defragmented.
Add separate disk drives for FLAIM RFL. This type of logging can be performed on high-
speed disks.
Use a RAID 10(1+0) environment with more disk drives.
Files created by eDirectory can grow to 4 GB. Filesystems that are optimized to handle large files
work efficiently with eDirectory.
For SolarisTM, the Veritas* VxFS filesystem is an extent-based file system where the file system
metadata is optimized for large files. The UFS filesystem is indirectly block-based, where the
filesystem metadata is stored in larger number of blocks. It can even be scattered for large files,
which makes UFS slower for larger files.
For LinuxTM, the Reiser filesystem is a fast journaling file system and performs better than the
ext3 filesystem on large DIB sets. However, the write back journaling mode of ext3 is known to
match the performance of the Reiser filesystem although the default ordered mode provides
better data consistency.
FLAIM supports a block size of 4 KB and 8 KB. By default, it is 4 KB. This is same as the default
block size on Linux (tune2fs -l device). However, on Solaris, the UFS filesystem is created with a
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block size, partial block writes can happen. If the database block size is larger than the filesystem
block size, individual block reads and writes are split into a series of distinct physical I/O operations.
Therefore, you should always keep the FLAIM block size the same as the filesystem block size.
Block sizes can be controlled only during the creation of the DIB. Add a line “blocksize=8192” to
_ndsdb.ini to create the DIB with 8K block size.
Choosing the right block size depends on the average size of the FLAIM record on your
deployments. Empirical testing is required on the right set of test data to determine which block size
is better for your deployment.
3.2 CPU Subsystem
eDirectory is built on a highly scalable architecture. The performance increases with the increase in
the number of processors. Increased throughput is observed until at least the 12th processor under
heavy load; however, this increase is subject to the performance of other resources during the
increasing load on the system. Servers are often under-configured with disks and memory. You
should add more processors only under the following circumstances:
If the average load on currently used processors is beyond 75% percent utilization. If the
current CPU utilization is below 75%, adding more CPUs might not improve performance.
If there is a satisfying increase in performance.
If eDirectory is configured with too many threads, considerable amount of CPU time is spent in
context switching. In this case, a decrease in threads can result in better throughput.
3.3 Memory Subsystem
Server applications can perform significantly better when RAM is increased. Caching the eDirectory
database in the filesystem or in the FLAIM cache can lead to improved performances of search and
modify operations. However, you cannot cache the complete DIB in large deployments. Avoid page
swapping even if it means reducing the FLAIM entry and block cache sizes. Use the vmstat tool to
find more information on the memory subsystem.
As eDirectory uses memory, each thread from the thread pool uses 1 MB of RAM for its stack. By
default, the FLAIM cache size is set to 200 MB.
Several loadable modules are started when eDirectory starts, but the loadable module architecture of
eDirectory allows you to reduce the memory footprint of the process by not loading the unused
modules (for example, SecretStore, LDAP, or eMBox). In addition, products like IDM have some
modules that run inside eDirectory.
The memory used by eDirectory might appear to be growing. Although memory is freed by an
eDirectory process, it might not be released to the system free pool because the memory manager
used internally by eDirectory tries to optimize the memory allocations for future. This is one of the
reasons for not recommending FLAIM dynamic configuration. Use the Top tool to find the
approximate virtual memory size of the ndsd process in your deployment.
The maximum memory that can be allocated to a process is limited in several ways. A certain
amount of RAM is used by the operating system and other processes on the system. The operating
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eDirectory limits the FLAIM cache to 2.5 GB, but with 64-bit eDirectory, FLAIM caches can grow
beyond 2.5 GB. However, the 64-bit eDirectory needs an increased memory footprint
(approximately 20%) than the 32-bit eDirectory.
3.4 Network Subsystem
Typical deployments have sufficient bandwidth to handle peak network load. Adequate bandwidth
reduces errors, collisions, and dropped packets. Use the netstat tool to determine the network
statistics.
Several operating systems provide TCP/IP tunable parameters for tuning network intensive servers.
For information, refer to the documentation for the operating systems.
If the network is the bottleneck, you should increase the bandwidth. Configuring a dedicated private
network between the application servers and the eDirectory server might also help in reducing the
network congestion.

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Tuning eDirectory Subsystems
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This section includes the following information:
Section 4.1, “FLAIM Database,” on page 19
Section 4.2, “Thread Pool,” on page 20
Section 4.3, “ACLs,” on page 21
Section 4.4, “Replication,” on page 23
Section 4.5, “SSL Overhead,” on page 24
Section 4.6, “64-Bit Versus 32-Bit,” on page 24
Section 4.7, “Import Convert and Export (ICE),” on page 25
Section 4.8, “ldif2dib,” on page 25
4.1 FLAIM Database
Cache sizing is arguably the most important factor affecting the overall performance of eDirectory.
The greater the number of items (blocks and entries) that can be cached, the better the overall
performance is. The percentage of times that the blocks or entries are found in the cache is called the
hit ratio. A higher ratio results in better performance. iMonitor can be used to view the hit ratio.
The block cache is most useful for update operations. The entry cache is most useful for operations
that performs a base-scoped search for an entry. However, both one-level and sub-tree scoped
searches use the entry cache as well as the block cache. The block cache is used to retrieve indexes.
Create the right type of indexes as necessary, for more information see “Choosing Indexes” on
page 20.
A fault in the block cache can result in a disk read operation. Disk reads are always expensive, but
they can be avoided if a block is retrieved from the filesystem cache.
The amount of memory required to cache the complete database in the block cache is nearly the size
of the database on the disk, and the amount of memory required to cache the complete database in
the entry cache is nearly two to four times the database size on the disk. When you have less
memory on a system, try a smaller entry cache and a much larger block or filesystem cache.
If reads are localized to a set of entries in the directory, you should increase the entry cache as long
as it results in an improved entry cache hit ratio.
If the read pattern is completely random and the DIB is much larger than the available RAM, you
should have a larger block cache or a filesystem cache than the entry cache.
Any method you use to tune eDirectory for an improved performance needs empirical testing. A
good ratio of entry to block cache for search-intensive environments is 2:1 ratio. Ensure that
sufficient memory is left for other processes. Avoid page swapping even if it means reducing the
FLAIM cache sizes.
Because FLAIM provides preallocated caching, memory allocated to the eDirectory cache is never
fragmented by the native operating system memory manager.

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4.1.1 Choosing Indexes
Indexes are meant to improve the one-level or sub-tree scoped search performance. Dynamic
groups also use one-level or sub-tree scoped searches. Indexes are not used for base-scoped
searches.
Because a Presence index does not differentiate between present and not present (deleted) values, it
is mainly used for internal purpose. If applications run a Presence type search query, this index is
never used, so applications should not have Presence indexes created for them.
Applications can create a Value index for an attribute, which is sufficient for most of the searches.
FLAIM can use a Value index for performing both Presence as well as Substring searches on the
attributes.
A Substring index can significantly decelerate the updates performed on an attribute. The number of
index blocks required to support a Substring index is quite large compared to the Value index. This
means more block cache is required to cache them. Create a Substring index only when necessary. A
Value index should suffice for most searches. However, if Substring searches do not yield acceptable
performance with a Value index, you can create a Substring index on those attributes.
If a search operation takes a long time to complete despite the chosen index, you might introduce a
newer value index on one of the attributes of the search filter. Pick the attribute that yields best
results when indexed.
4.1.2 Tuning for Updates
The block cache is most useful for update operations. Indexes also reside in the block cache.
Although indexes help in faster searches, having too many indexes keeps the server busy
maintaining them. Indexes are modified if attribute values are modified, added, or deleted. During
large upload operations, indexes can be disabled for faster upload.
Having the RFL directory on a different disk than the DIB directory improves performance.
An acceptable limit for response time for an update operation can be controlled by using the
maxdirtycache. For example, if an acceptable limit for the server response is 5 seconds and random
disk write speed is 20 MB per second, then the maxdirtycache should be set as 20x5 = 100 MB.
Ensure that the block cache can hold these dirty blocks in memory. See Section 5.2.2, “Modifying
FLAIM Cache Settings through _ndsdb.ini,” on page 29 for more information.
4.2 Thread Pool
By default, the maximum number of threads that can be available in the thread pool is 128. This
number should suffice for most deployments. It can be increased to 512 threads in larger
deployments. You should increase the number of threads in the pool in the following cases:
If the number of idle threads is often zero.
If the average amount of time spent by a task in the Ready queue is high and increasing.
If the number of tasks in the Ready queue is high and increasing.
Keep increasing the max threads if the performance of the server increases. It should also result in
increased CPU utilization.