[JDEV] Module API

[Will Morton]

Donn Cave wrote:
> 
> I was thinking the storage access model here is the very simplest
> possible.  Each item is retrieved by exactly one user name.  The data
> is just bytes, it's up to the service to sort out the XML.  Only the
> service daemons need access to the data.  Is it a bigger job than this?
> Is LDAP attractive because it's an existing network storage solution,
> or for features like fast wild-card attribute lookup and hierarchical
> structure?
> 
	LDAP directories (or rather Directories in general) are attractive
mainly because in a large, multi-services platform (web, mail, ftp,
chat) they provide an easy-to-administer and highly scalable way to
store all your user information, which is also very easy to write Apps
for. They can also be browsed by an admin in a logical fashion, which is
a big bonus when you have O(1m users) on your system, everything has
gone tits-up and you're trying to find the problem.
	I'm not sure what you mean by 'network storage solution'. Do you mean a
place to dump all your files, such as a NetApp? Or do you mean a
repository for user info such as a Database?

	W


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