Jackrabbit file deletion doesnot free disk space.

[Anu Madan <AM...@TechMahindra.com>]

Hi,

We are using Jackrabbit with Derby database as file system.
We are deleting nodes using the jcr api and the nodes are deleted successfully. Since we get an ItemNotFoundException when we fetch them thereafter.

But if we check the disk space, it still shows the same amount of space occupied.
We are facing space issues on our server and are trying to delete old files to overcome the issue.

Please advice on the way, the space can be recovered on file deletion from jackrabbit.
Also, please share how the deletion mechanism works, for knowledge purposes.

Thanks.

Regards,
Anu Madan | Team Lead
Email: anu.madan@techmahindra.com<ma...@techmahindra.com>


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Re: Jackrabbit file deletion doesnot free disk space.

[Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Anu Madan <AM...@techmahindra.com> wrote:
> Please advice on the way, the space can be recovered on file deletion from jackrabbit.
> Also, please share how the deletion mechanism works, for knowledge purposes.

I assume you're using Jackrabbit with the Data Store feature. See [1]
for instructions on how to use the garbage collection process to
reclaim unused space.

[1] http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/DataStore#Data_Store_Garbage_Collection

BR,

Jukka Zitting