The Volatile Modifications attribute specifies whether the DSA writes all modifications to disk immediately, or delays writing modifications to disk. Syntax: SET DSA VOLATILE MODIFICATIONS <TRUE/FALSE> If the attribute is set to FALSE, then the DSA always writes modifications to disk immediately after applying them to its in-memory database. This ensures that modifications are never lost, but reduces DSA performance for modification operations. If the attribute is set to TRUE, then modifications are written to memory immediately, but may not be written to disk for up to fifteen seconds. This means it is possible that some modifications may be lost if a DSA exits abnormally. However, the DSA can process volatile modifications much faster than non-volatile modifications. The default value is FALSE. HP suggests that you set the attribute to TRUE, unless you have a strong requirement to ensure that modifications are never lost. The attribute can be set at any time, regardless of the state of the DSA.