[jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-1003) deleting db file is asynchronous & file rename in couch_file:delete

["Robert Newson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Robert Newson commented on COUCHDB-1003:
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deleting a large database can take time, especially on block-oriented filesystems (ext2/3/4, for example).

The rename takes the same time regardless of size, the deletion happens asynchronously. On startup, we check the .delete directory for any incomplete delete calls.

I think it's good behavior and we shouldn't change it. I also think we should revert the sleep you added today to replication.js as we don't understand the real cause of the failure on your machine (it passes here without the wait).


> deleting db file is asynchronous & file rename in couch_file:delete
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>                 Key: COUCHDB-1003
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1003
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Question
>          Components: Database Core
>            Reporter: Benoit Chesneau
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> I wonder why we spawn the file deletion when we delete a database. On slow io machine it introduces latency. I don't see any reason we make this deletion asynchronous ?
> About couch_file:delete, we first rename the file before deleting it. Why are we doing that ? Is this for windows ?

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