[jira] [Commented] (COUCHDB-1137) add delete options for controlling file deletion

["Randall Leeds (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Randall Leeds commented on COUCHDB-1137:
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Tests forthcoming in separate patch.

> add delete options for controlling file deletion
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>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1137
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1137
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Database Core
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.2
>            Reporter: Randall Leeds
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: delete_options.patch, respect_del_opts_on_db_init.patch
>
>
> Even after switching to an extents-based filesystem I've noticed that deleting files after compaction can sometimes be terribly painful and slow. Additionally, deleting large pre-compact database and view files places extra load on the server that may be best kept to off hours. These sorts of large databases might be impossible to run a complete compact cycle on in short time. I'm suggesting we add an option to allow couch to leave files to be deleted in the .delete directories so administrators can delete them at their leisure (presumably at off hours or with a tool like ionice).

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