I have implemented DAOS on a Lotus Domino Server (8.5.3 FP2) as follows:

Lotus Domino Server Document:

• Store file attachments in DAOS: Enabled
• Minimum size of object before Domino will store in DAOS: 64000 bytes
• DAOS base path: E:\DAOS
• Defer object deletion for: 30 days

Transaction logging is running, and the specific test database has the following advanced properties set:

• Domino Attachment and Object Service (ticked)
• Use LZ1 compression for atachments
• Compress Database Design
• Compress Data

I have restarted the server. When I run a compact -c, it compacts the database, but does not reduce the size. I have checked the DB in Windows Explorer (60Gb) and the size is the same pre and post. I have checked the directory (E:\DAOS) and it is 35Gb in size.

When I run the command 'Tell DAOSMgr Status tmp\test.nsf', I get the following response. From looking up on the net, I believe ticket count = 0 means that the db is not really DAOS'ed?

Admin Process: Searching Administration Requests database
DAOSMGR: Status tmptest.nsf started
DAOS database status:

Database: E:\Lotus\Domino\Data\tmp\test.nsf
Database state = Synchronized
Last resynchronized: 03/09/2012 02:49:13 PM
Ticket count: 0
DAOSMGR: Status tmp\test.nsf completed

I have run fixup on the database. When I have tried to run the DAOS estimator it has always crashed. This was a problem with larger databases on earlier versions of domino, but not anymore.

Can anyone tell me why the size has not reduced? Am I missing anything?