My Favorites database properties

• Don't maintain unread marks: This can ruin performance - unread marks should only be used if really needed
• Don't use the "Don't support specialized responses hierachy" - If you do, you can read responses from Lotus Script (doc.responses.count is always zero)
• Use LZ1 compression: Yep - this makes sense. Less storage and less traffic
• Allow more fields in database. Can't find any drawbacks from this - and sometimes it is needed -> so, it's an 'always on' for me
• Allow soft deletions: Users loves this. Just remember to set the expire time high (336 for 2 weeks or more)
• I also limit the $UpdatedBy and $Revisions fields - no need to track everything
  
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