From: Gary Lockyer <gary@catalyst.net.nz>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 22:00:03 +0000 (+1200)
Subject: WHATSNEW: ldb_batch mode and join performance
X-Git-Tag: samba-4.11.0rc1~111
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f837cd023cf1b88b1677d80e273557cfdd554e38;p=thirdparty%2Fsamba.git

WHATSNEW: ldb_batch mode and join performance

Document the join performance improvement, and the ldb "batch_mode"
option.

Signed-off-by: Gary Lockyer <gary@catalyst.net.nz>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index 3d6cbbe8dee..83f641b2f45 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Reindex performance improvements
 The performance of samba-tool dbcheck --reindex has been improved, especially
 for large domains.
 
+join performance improvements
+-----------------------------
+
+The performance of samba-tool domain join has been improved, especially
+for large domains.
+
 LDAP referrals
 --------------
 
@@ -101,6 +107,13 @@ This option is avaiable for the following sub commands:
  * domain dcpromo
  * drs clone-dc-database
 
+LDB "batch_mode"
+----------------
+
+To improve performance during batch operations i.e. joins, ldb now accepts a
+"batch_mode" option.  However to prevent any index or database inconsistencies
+if an operation fails, the entire transaction will be aborted at commit.
+
 REMOVED FEATURES
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