DISTRIBUTED DIRECTORIES

• US 20100010961A1
• Filed: 07/13/2008
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rajamani, Magesh, Golwalkar, Yogesh V.
• Application Number:
  US12/172,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20100010961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for improving performance of distributed directory servers, which includes identifying directory servers configured to serve a partition index; monitoring the directory servers to identify whether a primary directory server has reached a maximum number of allowable entries in the partition index; and dynamically allocating a secondary directory server to the partition index on determining that the primary directory server has reached the maximum number of allowable entries in the partition index.

Claims

1. A method for improving performance of a distributed directory structure having a number of distributed directory servers, the method comprising:

identifying directory servers configured to serve a partition index;

monitoring the directory servers to identify whether a primary directory server has reached a maximum number of allowable entries in the partition index;

dynamically allocating a secondary directory server to the partition index on determining that the primary directory server has reached the maximum number of allowable entries in the partition index;

storing all new entries in the secondary directory server after allocation of the secondary directory server; and

creating a separate distinguished name for the entries;

wherein a proxy server is configured to dynamically add the second directory server; and

wherein the proxy server is configured to maintain at least one of a host or a port information of the secondary directory server.