There are articles on Microsoft's website as well as the NOW site that indicate the possibility of oplocks causing data loss when using a filer to host a SQL 7 datbase device.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/9/92.ASP http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/9/92.ASP http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel535/html/sag/cifs25.htm http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel535/html/sag/cifs25.htm

We are running SQL 7.0 on a Win2K server with a gigabit connection to the filer. The database is a repository for a custom web application that we sell, so the database is getting a lot of transactions from the web server.

The language in both articles is vague and inconclusive, so I am looking for those of you who have experience running SQL 7.0 with a network connection to it devices. I am not a dba, just the guy who looks after the filer among other things. Oplocks are currently enabled, should I leave them this way?

Michael Hopkins mike@BroadDaylight.com Systems Administrator phone 408.450.7450 Broad Daylight, Inc. fax 408.327.0177