The DatabaseEnvironment type exposes the following members.

Properties

  NameDescription
AutoCommit
If true, database operations for which no explicit transaction handle was specified, and which modify databases in the database environment, will be automatically enclosed within a transaction.
BackupBufferSize
The size of the buffer, in bytes, to read from the database during a hot backup.
BackupHandler
Sets the IBackup interface to be used when performing hot backups.

This interface is used to override the default behavior used by the Backup(String, BackupOptions) and BackupDatabase(String, String, Boolean) methods.

BackupReadCount
The number of pages to read before pausing during the hot backup.

Increasing this value increases the amount of I/O the backup process performs for any given time interval. If your application is already heavily I/O bound, setting this value to a lower number may help to improve your overall data throughput by reducing the I/O demands placed on your system. By default, all pages are read without a pause.

BackupReadSleepDuration
The number of microseconds to sleep between batches of reads during a hot backup.

Increasing this value decreases the amount of I/O the backup process performs for any given time interval. If your application is already heavily I/O bound, setting this value to a higher number may help to improve your overall data throughput by reducing the I/O demands placed on your system.

BackupWriteDirect
If true, direct I/O is used when writing pages to the disk during a hot backup.

For some environments, direct I/O can provide faster write throughput, but usually it is slower because the OS buffer pool offers asynchronous activity.

CacheSize
The size of the shared memory buffer pool -- that is, the cache.
CDB_ALLDB
If true, Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store applications will perform locking on an environment-wide basis rather than on a per-database basis.
Create
If true, Berkeley DB subsystems will create any underlying files, as necessary.
DataDirs
The array of directories where database files are stored.
DeadlockResolution
The deadlock detector configuration, specifying what lock request(s) should be rejected. As transactions acquire locks on behalf of a single locker ID, rejecting a lock request associated with a transaction normally requires the transaction be aborted.
EncryptAlgorithm
The algorithm used by the Berkeley DB library to perform encryption and decryption.
ErrorFeedback
The mechanism for reporting detailed error messages to the application.
ErrorPrefix
The prefix string that appears before error messages issued by Berkeley DB.
EventNotify
A delegate which is called to notify the process of specific Berkeley DB events.
Feedback
Monitor progress within long running operations.
ForceFlush
If true, flush database writes to the backing disk before returning from the write system call, rather than flushing database writes explicitly in a separate system call, as necessary.
FreeThreaded
If true, the object is free-threaded; that is, concurrently usable by multiple threads in the address space.
Home
The database environment home directory.
HotbackupInProgress
Whether there is any hot backup in progress.
InitLockCount
The number of locks allocated when the environment is created
InitLockerCount
The number of lockers allocated when the environment is created
InitLockObjectCount
The number of lock objects allocated when the environment is created
InitLogIdCount
The number of log identifier objects allocated when the environment is created
InitMutexes
The initial number of mutexes allocated
InitRegions
If true, Berkeley DB will page-fault shared regions into memory when initially creating or joining a Berkeley DB environment.
InitThreadCount
The number of thread objects allocated when the environment is created
InitTxnCount
The number of transaction objects allocated when the environment is created
IntermediateDirMode
The intermediate directory permissions.
LockConflictMatrix
The current lock conflicts array.
Lockdown
If true, lock shared Berkeley DB environment files and memory-mapped databases into memory.
LockPartitions
The number of lock table partitions used in the Berkeley DB environment.
LockTableSize
The size of the lock table in the Berkeley DB environment.
LockTimeout
A value, in microseconds, representing lock timeouts.
LogAutoRemove
If true, Berkeley DB will automatically remove log files that are no longer needed.
LogBufferSize
The size of the in-memory log buffer, in bytes
LogDir
The path of a directory to be used as the location of logging files. Log files created by the Log Manager subsystem will be created in this directory.
LogFileMode
The absolute file mode for created log files. This property is only useful for the rare Berkeley DB application that does not control its umask value.
LogForceSync
If true, Berkeley DB will flush log writes to the backing disk before returning from the write system call, rather than flushing log writes explicitly in a separate system call, as necessary.
LogInMemory
If true, transaction logs are maintained in memory rather than on disk. This means that transactions exhibit the ACI (atomicity, consistency, and isolation) properties, but not D (durability).
LogNoBuffer
If true, system buffering is turned off for Berkeley DB log files to avoid double caching.
LogRegionSize
The size of the underlying logging area of the Berkeley DB environment, in bytes.
LogZeroOnCreate
If true, all pages of a log file are zeroed when that log file is created.
MaxCacheSize
The maximum cache size
MaxLockers
The maximum number of locking entities supported by the Berkeley DB environment.
MaxLocks
The maximum number of locks supported by the Berkeley DB environment.
MaxLogFileSize
The maximum size of a single file in the log, in bytes. Because LSN Offsets are unsigned four-byte values, the size may not be larger than the maximum unsigned four-byte value.
MaxMutexes
The total number of mutexes allocated
MaxObjects
The maximum number of locked objects
MaxOpenFiles
The number of file descriptors the library will open concurrently when flushing dirty pages from the cache.
MaxSequentialWrites
The number of sequential write operations scheduled by the library when flushing dirty pages from the cache.
MaxTransactions
The number of active transactions supported by the environment. This value bounds the size of the memory allocated for transactions. Child transactions are counted as active until they either commit or abort.
MetadataDir
The path of directory to store the persistent metadata.
MMapSize
The maximum file size, in bytes, for a file to be mapped into the process address space. If no value is specified, it defaults to 10MB.
MutexAlignment
The mutex alignment, in bytes.
MutexIncrement
The number of additional mutexes allocated.
NoBuffer
If true, turn off system buffering of Berkeley DB database files to avoid double caching.
NoLocking
If true, Berkeley DB will grant all requested mutual exclusion mutexes and database locks without regard for their actual availability. This functionality should never be used for purposes other than debugging.
NoMMap
If true, Berkeley DB will copy read-only database files into the local cache instead of potentially mapping them into process memory.
NoPanic
If true, Berkeley DB will ignore any panic state in the database environment. (Database environments in a panic state normally refuse all attempts to call Berkeley DB functions, throwing RunRecoveryException.) This functionality should never be used for purposes other than debugging.
NumTestAndSetSpins
The number of times that test-and-set mutexes should spin without blocking. The value defaults to 1 on uniprocessor systems and to 50 times the number of processors on multiprocessor systems.
Overwrite
If true, overwrite files stored in encrypted formats before deleting them.
Private
If true, allocate region memory from the heap instead of from memory backed by the filesystem or system shared memory.
RegionMemoryLimitBytes
The bytes component of the byte-count limit on the amount of memory to be used by shared structures in the main environment region. These are the structures other than mutexes and the page cache (memory pool).
RegionMemoryLimitGBytes
The gigabytes component of the byte-count limit on the amount of memory to be used by shared structures in the main environment region. These are the structures other than mutexes and the page cache (memory pool).
Register
If true, Berkeley DB will have checked to see if recovery needed to be performed before opening the database environment.
RepAckTimeout
The amount of time the replication manager's transport function waits to collect enough acknowledgments from replication group clients, before giving up and returning a failure indication. The default wait time is 1 second.
RepAutoInit
If true, the replication master will automatically re-initialize outdated clients (defaults to true).
RepBulkTransfer
If true, the replication master sends groups of records to the clients in a single network transfer
RepCheckpointDelay
The amount of time a master site will delay between completing a checkpoint and writing a checkpoint record into the log.
RepClockskewFast
The value, relative to RepClockskewSlow, of the fastest clock in the group of sites.
RepClockskewSlow
The value of the slowest clock in the group of sites.
RepConnectionRetry
The amount of time the replication manager will wait before trying to re-establish a connection to another site after a communication failure. The default wait time is 30 seconds.
RepDelayClientSync
If true, the client should delay synchronizing to a newly declared master (defaults to false). Clients configured in this way will remain unsynchronized until the application calls RepSync()()().
RepElectionRetry
Configure the amount of time the replication manager will wait before retrying a failed election. The default wait time is 10 seconds.
RepElectionTimeout
The timeout period for an election. The default timeout is 2 seconds.
RepFullElectionTimeout
An optional configuration timeout period to wait for full election participation the first time the replication group finds a master. By default this option is turned off and normal election timeouts are used. (See the Elections section in the Berkeley DB Reference Guide for more information.)
RepHeartbeatMonitor
The amount of time the replication manager, running at a client site, waits for some message activity on the connection from the master (heartbeats or other messages) before concluding that the connection has been lost. When 0 (the default), no monitoring is performed.
RepHeartbeatSend
The frequency at which the replication manager, running at a master site, broadcasts a heartbeat message in an otherwise idle system. When 0 (the default), no heartbeat messages will be sent.
RepInMemory
If true, replication only stores the internal information in-memory and cannot keep persistent state across a site crash or reboot. By default, it is false and replication creates files in the environment home directory to preserve the internal information.
RepLeaseTimeout
The amount of time a client grants its master lease to a master. When using master leases all sites in a replication group must use the same lease timeout value. There is no default value. If leases are desired, this method must be called prior to calling RepStartClient()()() or RepStartMaster()()().
RepMessageDispatch
Set the message dispatch function. It is responsible for receiving messages sent from remote sites using either SendMessage(array<DatabaseEntry>[]()[]) or SendRequest(array<DatabaseEntry>[]()[], UInt32). If the message received by this function was sent using SendMessage(array<DatabaseEntry>[]()[]), then no response is required. If the message was sent using SendRequest(array<DatabaseEntry>[]()[], UInt32), then this function must send a response using SendMessage(array<DatabaseEntry>[]()[]).
RepMgrAckPolicy
Specify how master and client sites will handle acknowledgment of replication messages which are necessary for "permanent" records. The current implementation requires all sites in a replication group configure the same acknowledgement policy.
RepMgrLocalSite
The local site of the replication manager. Returns null if the local site has not been configured.
RepMgrRemoteSites
The status of the sites currently known by the replication manager.
RepMgrRunElections
If true, Replication Manager automatically runs elections to choose a new master when the old master appears to have become disconnected (defaults to true).
RepNoBlocking
If true, Berkeley DB method calls that would normally block while clients are in recovery will return errors immediately (defaults to false).
RepNSites
The total number of sites in the replication group.
RepPriority
The database environment's priority in replication group elections. A special value of 0 indicates that this environment cannot be a replication group master. If not configured, then a default value of 100 is used.
RepRetransmissionRequestMax
The maximum number of microseconds a client waits before requesting retransmission.
RepRetransmissionRequestMin
The minimum number of microseconds a client waits before requesting retransmission.
RepStrict2Site
Replication Manager observes the strict "majority" rule in managing elections, even in a group with only 2 sites. This means the client in a 2-site group will be unable to take over as master if the original master fails or becomes disconnected. (See the Elections section in the Berkeley DB Reference Guide for more information.) Both sites in the replication group should have the same value for this parameter.
RepTransmitLimitBytes
The bytes component of the byte-count limit on the amount of data that will be transmitted from a site in response to a single message processed by RepProcessMessage(DatabaseEntry, DatabaseEntry, Int32).
RepTransmitLimitGBytes
The gigabytes component of the byte-count limit on the amount of data that will be transmitted from a site in response to a single message processed by RepProcessMessage(DatabaseEntry, DatabaseEntry, Int32).
RepTransport
The delegate used to transmit data using the replication application's communication infrastructure.
RepUseMasterLeases
If true, master leases will be used for this site (defaults to false).
RunFatalRecovery
If true, catastrophic recovery was run on this environment before opening it for normal use.
RunRecovery
If true, normal recovery was run on this environment before opening it for normal use.
SequentialWritePause
The number of microseconds the thread of control will pause before scheduling further write operations.
SetThreadID
A delegate that returns a unique identifier pair for the current thread of control.
SetThreadName
A delegate that formats a process ID and thread ID identifier pair.
SystemMemory
If true, allocate region memory from system shared memory instead of from heap memory or memory backed by the filesystem.
TempDir
The path of a directory to be used as the location of temporary files.
ThreadCount
An approximate number of threads in the database environment.
ThreadIsAlive
A delegate that returns if a thread of control (either a true thread or a process) is still running.
TimeNotGranted
If true, database calls timing out based on lock or transaction timeout values will throw LockNotGrantedException instead of DeadlockException.
TxnNoSync
If true, Berkeley DB will not write or synchronously flush the log on transaction commit.
TxnNoWait
If true and a lock is unavailable for any Berkeley DB operation performed in the context of a transaction, cause the operation to throw DeadlockException (or LockNotGrantedException if configured with TimeNotGranted).
TxnSnapshot
If true, all transactions in the environment will be started as if Snapshot was passed to BeginTransaction()()(), and all non-transactional cursors will be opened as if SnapshotIsolation was passed to Cursor()()().
TxnTimeout
A value, in microseconds, representing transaction timeouts.
TxnTimestamp
The recovery timestamp
TxnWriteNoSync
If true, Berkeley DB will write, but will not synchronously flush, the log on transaction commit.
UseEnvironmentVars
The Berkeley DB process' environment may be permitted to specify information to be used when naming files; see Berkeley DB File Naming in the Programmer's Reference Guide for more information.
UseMVCC
If true, all databases in the environment will be opened as if UseMVCC was set.
UsingCDB
If true, locking for the Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store product was initialized.
UsingLocking
If true, the locking subsystem was initialized.
UsingLogging
If true, the logging subsystem was initialized.
UsingMPool
If true, the shared memory buffer pool subsystem was initialized.
UsingReplication
If true, the replication subsystem was initialized.
UsingTxns
If true, the transaction subsystem was initialized.
Verbosity
Specific additional informational and debugging messages in the Berkeley DB message output.
YieldCPU
If true, Berkeley DB will yield the processor immediately after each page or mutex acquisition.

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