Hi Kurt,

I know of no risks with optimizing the AC 8.x database.

The only reason that I know of for optimizing is that it can sometimes fix odd problems.

https://acusersforum.com/ub/ubbthreads.php/topics/64259/re-ac-slowing-and-crashing#Post64259

Speed increases and size reduction are usually negligible.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel