Also, scans do not age data off of disk. The data is still there, it just isn't shown during a scan.
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:04 AM, William Slacum < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >
