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| author | Garming Sam <garming@catalyst.net.nz> | 2017-07-03 13:15:50 +1200 |
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| committer | Garming Sam <garming@samba.org> | 2017-07-03 03:59:17 +0200 |
| commit | 59bee844b88ea917b2e7036b9d8deecf5b5f5f2b (patch) | |
| tree | 285ee21af44fe3ceeee831c40ae59b5a35059eee /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | f8e83f39e871c1487164a8729099540c965444c7 (diff) | |
| download | samba-59bee844b88ea917b2e7036b9d8deecf5b5f5f2b.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: Improved AD performance (particularly linked attributes)
Signed-off-by: Garming Sam <garming@catalyst.net.nz>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 5ccd9d558c6..09b3cbbd48e 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ point to the local read-write server. 'samba_dnsupdate' should now be more reliable as it will now find the appropriate name server even when resolv.conf points to a forwarder. +Significant AD performance and replication improvements +------------------------------------------------------- + +Previously, replication of group memberships was been an incredibly expensive +process for the AD DC. This was mostly due to unnecessary CPU time being spent +parsing member linked attributes. The database now stores these linked +attributes in sorted form to perform efficient searches for existing members. +In domains with a large number of group memberships, a join can now be +completed in half the time compared with Samba 4.6. + +LDAP search performance has also improved, particularly in the unindexed search +case. Parsing and processing of security descriptors should now be more +efficient, improving replication but also overall performance. + Query record for open file or directory --------------------------------------- |