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6.4. Setting the DN Cache
The
entryrdn index is used to associate DNs and RDNs with entries. It enables the server to efficiently perform subtree rename, entry move, and moddn operations. The DN cache is used to cache the in-memory representation of the entryrdn index to avoid expensive file I/O and transformation operations. For best performance, especially with but not limited to entry rename and move operations, set the DN cache to a size that enables Directory Server to cache all DNs in the database.
If a DN is not stored in the cache, Directory Server reads the DN from the
entryrdn.db index database file and converts the DNs from the on-disk format to the in-memory format. DNs that are stored in the cache enable the server to skip the disk I/O and conversion steps.
To set the size of the DN cache for the LDBM database to 20 MB:
- Update the value in the Directory Server configuration:
# ldapmodify -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W -x dn: cn=database_name,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config changetype: modify replace: nsslapd-dncachememsize nsslapd-dncachememsize: 20971520
- Restart the Directory Server instance:
# systemctl restart dirsrv.target
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