LDAP vs. Relational Databases
nLDAP does NOT have transactions, rollbacks, multi-table queries, views & joins
nGreater speed &
lower cost
nFew overheads,
simpler data model
nEasier management
& implementation
nHierarchical rather
than relational
nLDAP indexed for
very fast searches/reads but slower
writes (5000 reads, 50 writes p.s)