Cube Validation - with Direct I/O

Question

Hi Team,
Could you provide the information on below:
Can we perform the cube validation with Direct I/O?
What will be the impact w.r.t memory?Thanks,
SK.

Answer 1

Can we perform the cube validation with Direct I/O?^^^Why would you think you could not?
What will be the impact w.r.t memory?^^^Is this a question to a test? Try it. I would imagine that if the db wasn't loaded, it would load it. That would use memory. As it validated I would guess that it would fill the data file cache. That would use memory. I honestly don't know but if I were super afraid that I would eat all the memory on my server when I ran a cube validation I would try it on very small database and see what happens.
Sorry to be snippy, but for goodness' sake, this is such an easy thing to try and test. You can get the memory information directly from the server or via EAS and of course MaxL will tell you that can or cannot validate a Direct I/O database.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour
P.S. Also, while I hardly expect to be rewarded after the above, you might think about marking your (15 as of the writing of this post) questions as answered if indeed they are and assigning points to those who have helped you.
P.P.S. 811829, I'm sorry if I am getting snippy, but I have noticed a series of open-ended questions on this board that, while the sign of someone who wants to learn stuff, also suggests that you are not trying these things out yourself. Go on and try, Essbase won't bite. :)