values greater than it, to make sure the {{EX:contextCSN}} value truly
reflects the greatest committed {{EX:entryCSN}} in the database. On
databases which support inequality indexing, setting an eq index
-on the {{EX:entryCSN}} attribute will greatly speed up this scanning step.
+on the {{EX:entryCSN}} attribute and configuring {{contextCSN}} checkpoints
+will greatly speed up this scanning step.
If no {{EX:contextCSN}} can be determined by reading and scanning the
database, a new value will be generated. Also, if scanning the database
> syncprov-checkpoint <ops> <minutes>
-directive. Checkpoints are tested after successful write operations.
+directive. Checkpoints are only tested after successful write operations.
If {{<ops>}} operations or more than {{<minutes>}} time has passed
since the last checkpoint, a new checkpoint is performed.