Hi Colin,

My guess is that you are not alone. But can you tell us a little more about the hardware where you do this?... for instance, is it (basically) dedicated to storing database tables or is it a 'whatever gets there gets there' situation?... Is there RAID in action?... with SEVERAL stripped volumes?

I view that your technique is just fine when it involves dedicated HD(s) and/or RAID with striping across more than 2 drives. But I would counsel caution in other situations.

Jim

>Mohammed
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>I have a VFP executable which packs and reindexes all my tables - I then use the Windows scheduler to run it at 2am in the morning
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>I don't understand the logic of infrquent packing - I do it every night and whenever the performance on the network is slow
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>Since I am operating a super fast server I can do it remotely if required for the 8 installations I control
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>Colin Northwat