[Rolodap-develop] Storing Binaries

[Philip W. <p.g...@st...>]

Hi Folks,

I am now definitely going to be doing the email audit trail. I'm not an LDAP 
guru, in fact I have managed to stumble my way through so far with no real 
understanding. My most recent foray into Rolodap switched on a few lights, so 
I should be OK with it.
I'm looking for advice. Part of the email audit trail will involve storing 
attachments. These could get big, especially since users will most likely be 
attaching Microsoft Office files.
I believe that LDAP can store binaries (I'll suss out how soon enough) but am 
concerned that storing large files may slow things down. (I'm not up to date 
with how the backend database works).
Should I store the binaries in the directory, or should I store them in a 
folder inside the rolodap folder and only store links in the directory?

Thanks,

Philip Ward.

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