> >Dialect : 3
> >
> >
> Why is this important?
>

it's not really - only if you want to use the additional datatypes in your
database. And I suppose sooner or later (probably much later), dialect 1
will be phased out - that was the plan anyway.

> >Forced Writes : ON
> >
> >
> Yes.
>
> Any ideas about the cache size necessary/optimal?
>

The default is good.
Alan