TUNING
Use the advanced database property Compress database design to reduce the total cost of ownership of maintaining any Notes® database by reducing the size of all design elements in the database.
To compress new design elements in a selected database
Procedure
1. From the Domino® Administrator client, select File - Application - Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab. (The icon on this tab is a beanie.)
3. Click Compress database design.
To compress existing design elements in a selected database
About this task
In addition to enabling compression for new design elements, you can also enable compression for existing design elements in a specified database by running a copy-style compact on the database. Enter this command:
load compact -c filename.nsf
To compress new design elements in a set of selected databases
You can enable compression for all design elements yet to be created in a set of existing databases.
Note: The Advanced Database Properties are available only to those administrators listed in the Administrators field on the Security tab of the Server document.
1. Open the Domino Administrator Client.
2. Select one or more databases in the files pane.
3. In the tools pane, select Database and then select Advanced Properties. Or drag selected database(s) to the Advanced Properties tool.
4. Click Compress database design.
5. Close the Advanced Properties tool.
To compress design elements in all existing databases on a server
Enabling compression at the server level ensures that new design elements compresses in all databases. You can add the copy-style compact command to compress existing design elements
At the server console, run the following command:
load compact -n -c
To decompress design elements in all existing databases on a server
At the server console, run the following command to decompress new and existing design elements:
load compact -N -c
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