Metadata Distribution Subcommittee of TAC

[Mark Scheible <>]

Thanks Tom.  We've been talking about the impact of large MDA
files for some time.  This seems to confirm that we're starting to run up 
against limits, and need to get serious about a solution.  

Mark

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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 6:49 AM, Tom Scavo 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> You may have heard that UKf is now publishing eduGAIN metadata in
> production, which of course increases the size of the UKf metadata
> aggregate. (I'll let Ian report on the specifics.) Related to this,
> Dick Visser reported on the simpleSAMLphp mailing list this morning
> that his UKf metarefresh process failed, the root cause being not
> enough memory allocated to the metarefresh process. You can read his
> account of what happened towards the end of this mailing list thread:
> 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/simplesamlphp/b6fTf53iq4w
> 
> We've been talking a lot about metadata aggregates and per-entity
> metadata in this WG, so I thought you might find this story
> interesting. Personally, I'm taking it as a wake-up call. Metadata
> aggregates can't continue to grow without bound. We need to find a
> better way.
> 
> Tom