Specifications

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LifeTime=86400
Thetime(inseconds)forwhichtheindexwillbeusedbeforeitisautomaticallyre‐createdifsomebodylogson
tothedatabase.Thedefaultis30minutesbutisneverrecommended.Avalueofzeromeansthatitnever
expiresautomatically,andthevalueof86400meanson
eday.
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Avalueofzerogivesyoufullcontrolbutthissettingneedsaseparateprocesstorecreatetheindex.Thiscould
beasimplebatchfilethatrunsovernight‐removestheindexfilesandforcesarecreate.Thiscansometimes
producethebestresultandperformance.
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Recreationofth
eindexfileswilltakeperformance.Itwillcausethelogontobedelayedforquitesometime
dependantondatabasesizeandperformance,andcancauseissuesifthecreationofsystemsoccursduring
thisrebuildtime.Therefore,dependingonthesizeofthedatabase,itisrecommendedthispro
cessissetto
runveryearlyinthemorning.Forexample,removename*filesinSBDATA00000001and00000002folders
especiallythroughascriptearlymorning2A.M.Followingthat,runanadminlogonusingthecommandline
tool(SBADMCL)andperformacommandsuchasgetcountsthroughscripttorebuildthecac
heearly,before
thesystemssynchronize.
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Youcanuseabatchfilesforthis,oneexampleiscalledRecreateCache.bat.Examplesofscriptsareinthe
optionalEEPCToolsdownload,or,availablefromyourMcAfeerepresentative.
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[Attribs]
SingleFile=No
IfthisissettoYes,theattributesforobjectswillbeplacedintoasinglefileinsteadofeachonehavingtheir
ownfile.Notgenerallyusedalthoughitsimplifiesandspeedsupbackup,thiswillmakethedatabasetwiceas
slow!
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AutoConvert=No
IfthisissettoYesandSingleFileisalsosettoYes,thena
ttributesareautomaticallyconvertedtoasinglefile
whentheobjectisopenedforwriting.Otherwise,onlynewobjectswillhavetheirattributesinasinglefile.
NOTE:Attributesarenotconverteduntiltheyareopenedforwriting.Again,thiscanproducefewerfil
esper
objecttoaidbackupsbutisslightlylessresilienttofailure.
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[Tracking]
ObjectChanges=No
Objectchangetrackingforthebackuptoolmightdecreasetheperformanceofthedatabasebyabout100%
thusitisnotrecommendedtousethisinbigenvironments.
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Groupsizes
Thesizeofausergrouporsystemsgroupshouldnotbetoobig.Ausergroupof5000cantake20secondsor
moretoopenevenonafastserver.Werecommendkeepingthesizeunder2000.Optimally1000orlesswill
workwellinmanycasesforfasteraccesstogrou
psonanyserver.
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Alsoassigninglargegroupofusersdirectlytoaclientcanhaveperformanceimplications(network/server
performance,slowclientbootupandsynctimesandinstallationprocesses)sosmallergroupsarebetter.
Userscanbeassignedindividuallytoo.Thefewerusersassignedthebetterfromasecurityperspec
tive.See
UserObjects–GeneralPerformanceTipssectionlater.
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