James Wrote: >There are two ways of speeding up Image access that I know of; ><<snip>> >1) autodefer on <<snip>> ( note I don't like to enable for autodefer but rather like to call DBcontrol Mode 1) >2) Block mode access to the DB. <<snip>> I would like to add: 3) use creator (;) access and * lists if possible 4) for details use HWMPUT or serial repack (don't add on delete space chain) 5) for masters check for bad capacity selection/fullness using DBloadng/HowMessy 6) if updating details use DBupdate and CIUPDATE in place of DBdelete/DBput 7) check pathing of discs (HPIB and SCSI are slow interfaces, more than 3 per controller usually is too many. 8) put in as much memory as is physically possible or affordable A great tool combination that can help IO tuning is available at http://www.allegro.com/software/ I have used syslog and filerpt on hundreds of HP3000s to identify and then tune the heavily accessed files. SOMETIMES THE HEAVY HITTERS ARE QUITE INTERESTING! Mike Hornsby [log in to unmask]