Easy steps for monitoring application size

When an administrator effectively monitors and minimizes database size, database applications typically show increased performance. Database operations require less I/O and fewer CPU resources, view indexing and updating is faster, and memory and disk space allocation is improved. The maximum database size in Domino R6 is 64 GB on the Windows and Unix platforms.

There are a variety of methods and tools that can help you control and minimize database size. You can further control database size by se

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tting database performance properties that also reduce database size. There are several settings in the Database Properties box that can be set to help reduce database size. In addition to the options in the preceding list that help control and reduce application size, you should use the following tools on a daily or as-needed basis to monitor database size.

Karen Fishwick is an independent consultant, book author and technical editor in Ottawa. She focuses on administrative troubleshooting for servers and resolving access-control problems within applications and holds the CLP designation for R6 in both the system administration and application development tracks.

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