Data files

Every statistic recorded by Advanced Accounting is written to a data file. When the data file reaches its capacity, the billing application can process the file. After it is processed, that file can be reused, and the cycle repeats.

You must create your accounting data files in order to begin collecting accounting statistics. This involves assessing your company's needs and determining how much data you will be collecting. You can start Advanced Accounting and let it run for a period of time to see how much data is produced, giving you an idea of how much disk space to reserve for accounting, as well as how many files you will need to manage your data.

Although not required, it is a good idea to specify at least two data files so that Advanced Accounting can remain active at all times. Advanced Accounting writes to only one file at a time, but as it does, it requires exclusive access to this file. With two files, Advanced Accounting can write to one file while the other file is processed by the billing application.

Advance accounting data files support Partition Mobility. Before a migration, on the source partition, all accounting data is flushed to the accounting file. The file is closed once the data flush is complete. After the migration, a new accounting file is opened on the destination partition if a file is available.