Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

That is awesomely helpful info. Thank you very much! Aseem On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Chris Gioran < chris.gio...@neotechnology.com> wrote: > Hi Assem > > The logical log file is where all changes to be performed to the store > are written out before they are actually applied - also referr

Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Hi Assem The logical log file is where all changes to be performed to the store are written out before they are actually applied - also referred to as the Write Ahead Log. The file that hosts this is bound to a specific size above which a rotation happens: a new file is created to host the WAL, al

Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Thanks Johan! Configuring Neo4j with "keep_logical_logs=false" the logs will > automatically be deleted upon rotation. What does "upon rotation" mean here? Aseem On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Johan Svensson wrote: > Removing the log files ending with ".v" at runtime is > perfectly safe to d

Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Removing the log files ending with ".v" at runtime is perfectly safe to do but will turn off the ability to do incremental backups. You can however still perform live full backups. Configuring Neo4j with "keep_logical_logs=false" the logs will automatically be deleted upon rotation. -Johan On Sa

Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Thanks for the insights Johan! Regarding the existing disk space then, by far the bulk of it is from the logs. Is there a way to prune or garbage collect them? Is simply deleting the files safe? Should the db be off if I do that? Etc. Thanks much! Aseem On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Johan Sv

Re: [Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Hi Aseem, This is actually expected behavior when performing file copy of running db and starting up with default configuration. If you remove the files ending with .id in the db directory on the local snapshot and start up setting "rebuild_idgenerators_fast=false" you should see the accurate amou

[Neo4j] Size on disk, and number of properties

Hey guys, We do offline backups of our db on a semi-regular basis (every few days), where we (1) stop the running db, (2) copy its data directory and (3) restart the db. A few times early on, we did running backups -- but not the proper "online" way -- where we simply copied the data directory wh