>>Are you using table buffering? I have had no server data loss, period, even with abrupt server crashes since I've been using it (two years or so now). I lose indexes, and users lose buffered work sometimes, but that's the worst I've had...
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>Good point. Now that I think of it, the most I have had to do is rebuild indexes [using SDT of course] and deleting the DCT file then doing a VALIDATE DATABASE to recreate the DBC index.

Er...you mean the DCX file, I think? I just had to do that yesterday, in fact...Anyway, your point about the backups is a good one, too. In spite of vfp handling network crashes well with buffered data, I wouldn't want to be without backup insurance...