sssd: document impact of indices and of scope on performance of LDAP queries

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The LDAP queries performed with scope=sub can be complex and overload the LDAP server.
For example, SUDO rules LDAP queries performed with scope=sub over a large basedn, could cause an unneeded load.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
sssd < 2.5.0-1

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