Backend storage for an LIR IP mgmt system
Hi all, As you may remember from an earlier message. We are currently working on an open source LIR IP address management tool and would like your feedback on the following question. What is the preferred choice of backing storage (database) for the IP allocations and pertaining information? We currently have implemented an XML2 backend and a Berkeley DB backend, and intend to add LDAP (actually OpenLDAP)? Would anybody strongly want something else? and why? ~benm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ben Martel Symmetric Systems Ltd Ph: +64-21-541202 Email: benm at symmetric.co.nz
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Ben Martel wrote: BM> As you may remember from an earlier message. We are currently working on an BM> open source LIR IP address management tool and would like your feedback on BM> the following question. BM> BM> What is the preferred choice of backing storage (database) for the IP BM> allocations and pertaining information? BM> BM> We currently have implemented an XML2 backend and a Berkeley DB backend, and BM> intend to add LDAP (actually OpenLDAP)? Would anybody strongly want BM> something else? and why? Did you evaluate any of widely-used SQLs? MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle would be useful I think. Personally I prefer PostgreSQL ;) Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Ben Martel wrote: BM> What is the preferred choice of backing storage (database) for the IP BM> allocations and pertaining information? And I agree with Mald that it would be very useful to provide some very-generic backend interface relying on minimal feature set such as Perl DBI. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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