A FAST COMMIT option which allows the checkpoint to be generated after a set number of transactions. See the following example. SQL> alter database cont> filename db$:scratch cont> cont> journal is enabled cont> (fast commit is enabled cont> (checkpoint every 20 transactions, cont> checkpoint timed every 20 seconds cont> ) cont> ) cont> add journal rdb$journal cont> filename db$:scratch_aij cont> ; %RDMS-W-DOFULLBCK, full database backup should be done to ensure future recovery