[JDEV] Distributed Directory (OT: server performance questions)

[Eliot Landrum]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, "Corbett J. Klempay" wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:27:16 -0500 (EST)
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> From: "Corbett J. Klempay" <cklempay at chimera.acm.jhu.edu>
> Reply-To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] server performance questions

<SNIP> 

> Here is a question that is probably been talked about/done...say I'm a
> Jabber user trying to find a friend...how is directory searching (or the
> equivalent of) treated? I mean, does the user have to know what server to
> check, or is there a way to have it mask (from a searching standpoint)
the
> large number of servers, making it appear to the user like they are
> searching just one large directory?

As a result of our Jabster discussions, Thomas "temas" Muldowney has
developed a good plan for us to implement a distributed directory. Read his
proposal at http://docs.jabber.org/proposals/jud/.

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Eliot Landrum
eliot at landrum.cx