Compaction will occur naturally as the table grows. If the data is old and the table is static, forcing a compaction via the shell is probably the easiest route.
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Slater, David M. <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, I would like to automatically ageoff old data; however my > understanding of AgeOff iterators is that they would require a compaction > or scan to take effect. For information that is in tablets that are no > longer being added to or scanned, the ageoff filter would not take effect, > correct? > > > > Would I need to force a compaction or merge in order to remove those > records, or would it be better to write my own script to remove rows? (I’m > using 1.4 – is this behavior different in 1.5 or 1.6?) > > > > Thanks, > David >
