Pre-Domino 10 servers will ignore this parameter, by the way.
Having to add this parameter lets administrators decouple the ODS upgrade from the server upgrade, and to control when and how the new ODS will be implemented on servers and clients. It’s always a good thing to be in control during an upgrade.
Keep in mind that the ODS itself does not replicate from server to server. You have to add the parameter to every server that should be using the new ODS.
OSD Advantages
So what do you get with the new ODS? You get a couple of really cool features. Admittedly, some are cooler than others. First, there’s design compression, which reduces the size of databases by compressing design elements by up to 60%. Then there is DAOS and other features
NOTE: This also works on the workstation, you will need to run compact from the command prompt to update the current databases.
To reduce the size of dbs on your workstation use:
NCompact -c -ZU -n -v -c Copy style compact, used to put db in new ods format. -ZU Converts document attachments using compression type Huffman to LZ1 if db property is set. -n Compress design -v Compress data