Database Administration

Running an eaDirect application in a live production environment can generate a large volume of historical data in an application's database. You are responsible for monitoring and maintaining your own database server.

It is a good idea to monitor your database server on a weekly or other regular basis to:

·   Check database utilization; to periodically eliminate older application data and free up space on your database server, create, configure, and run the Purge App and Purge Logs jobs. See Creating and Configuring a Purge App Job and Creating and Configuring a Purge Logs Job.

·   Check memory utilization on SQL server/swap (paging) file utilization. When peak number of Commit Charge gets to 10% of limit, then it is advisable to increase the size of paging file, or install more RAM.

·   Backup