Chapter 10 Managing Indexes; About Indexes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - 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 363)
• Creating Indexes (page 372)
• Deleting Indexes (page 382)
• Managing Indexes (page 390)
• Attribute Name Quick Reference Table (page 396)

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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