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- The Directory is essentially a large scale distributed database, which is
- maintained by administrators within participating organisations. This
- distribution of the Directory means that it requires an infrastructure of
- highly reliable networks and Directory servers. If components become
- unavailable, the service may fail in a variety of ways.
-
- A message which you may see from time to time is:
-
- This operation is taking some time.
- Control-C, if you wish to abandon the operation.
-
- If the networks and/or computers running the Directory are heavily loaded,
- it may take some time for queries to be resolved. If a query has still not
- been answered after 30 seconds, the above message will be displayed. If you
- are content to wait further, simply do nothing - the query will continue.
- If you do not wish to wait any longer, type control-C as instructed and that
- query will be abandoned.
-
- Other messages should be self-explanatory: if they are not, consult the
- PARADISE helpdesk - email <helpdesk@paradise.ulcc.ac.uk> - and we will do
- our best to clarify the messages.
-