Chapter 10 Managing Indexes; About Indexes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

The Netscape Directory Server Deployment Guide guide introduced the concept of
indexing, the costs and benefits and different types of index shipped with Netscape
Directory Server (Directory Server). This chapter begins with a description of the
searching algorithm itself, so as to place the indexing mechanism in context, and
then describes how to create, delete and manage indexes. This chapter contains the
following sections:
• About Indexes (page 347)
• Creating Indexes (page 356)
• Deleting Indexes (page 366)
• Managing Indexes (page 374)
• Attribute Name Quick Reference Table (page 380)

About Indexes

This section provides an overview of indexing in Directory Server. It contains the
following topics:
• About Index Types
• About Default, System, and Standard Indexes
• Overview of the Searching Algorithm
• Balancing the Benefits of Indexing
Managing Indexes
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