Database Configuration and Maintenance
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This chapter describes configuration and maintenance issues for individual databases, including the following topics:
Topics
- Database Files
- On-disk Structure (ODS)
- Read-write and Read-only Databases
- Creating Databases
- Dropping Databases
- Backup File Properties
- Removing Database Backup Files
- Shadowing
- Setting Database Properties
- Sweep Interval and Automated Housekeeping
- Configuring the Database Cache
- Forced Writes vs. Buffered Writes
- Validation and Repair
- Shutting Down and Restarting Databases
- Limbo Transactions
- Viewing the Administration Log
- gfix Command-line Tool
- gfix Error Messages
- gfix Fixing a database