[389-users] bulk initialization with MMR

[Gary Windham]

We have a setup where we are running 2 servers behind a load balancer  
(for HA purposes), where each of these servers is bulk-initialized  
daily (via ldif2db.pl) with a large set of data fed to us via batch  
extracts from various administrative systems.  Up till now, there has  
been no need to configure replication between these 2 servers, as all  
of the data is read-only.  However, we now have a requirement to  
update some of the directory data in a "real-time" fashion (e.g., when  
particular events fire in our PeopleSoft system we want to update the  
directory)--hence, the need for MMR.  The batch extracts will still be  
our "checkpoints", so we will want to load them in once-per-day, as we  
do now.

So, the question is: what would be the "recommended" approach for a  
scenario like this?  How do we (can we?) make MMR coexist peacefully  
with frequent bulk initializations?

TIA,
--Gary

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Gary Windham
Senior Enterprise Systems Architect
The University of Arizona, UITS
+1 520 626 5981