Lotus Notes and Domino Tutorial

Lotus Domino 7 uses on-disk structure (ODS) 43. In Lotus Domino 8,
there is a new ODS available. This is an option for administrators to use;
it is not mandatory. It is also not automatically used for a new Lotus Domino server installation.

For databases to be created with the new ODS, set the following variable in your Lotus
Domino 8 server NOTES.INI file:

Create_R8_Databases=1

The new ODS provides potential improvements for I/O and folder optimization and is a
requirement for the implementation of these new features.