Totally agree that this is not the best use case for CouchDB. We're looking at other options for the very near future. However, now we still have this issue that we need to cope with.
So, if you don't mind, back to my original question, if I wanted to use compaction or auto-compaction (as in 1.2.0). What would be the best schedule? Trigger it a lot, or trigger it as less as possible (while still making sure I have enough disk). And what if I use the strict_window? On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > Final note: couchdb is a database. Databases often make poor > transaction logs (though they often have their own transaction logs, > in a highly optimized format designed for that purpose), especially > ones like couchdb which preserve a tombstone of every document ever > seen forever. My suggestion above is really a coping mechanism for > using the wrong tool. > > B. > > On 14 June 2012 15:47, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > > The scheme I suggest avoids compaction entirely, which I thought was > > your main struggle. > > > > You still need to delete the documents in the old database so that you > > can detect when it's safe to delete it. When it's empty, -X DELETE it. > > A database delete is a simple 'rm' of the file, taking very little > > time. > > > > You can ignore the revs_limit suggestions since you don't update the > > documents. And you should ignore it even if you do, there's almost no > > legitimate case for altering that setting. > > > > B. > > > > On 14 June 2012 15:21, Tim Tisdall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The deleting doesn't take too much time, it's the compaction process, > >> right? If you have a different DB for each day, then you could > >> compact previous days without affecting writing to the current day. > >> Also, once you've completely deleted all the records from a previous > >> days set of logs, you could then proceed to just delete that day's > >> database instead of compacting it. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Nicolas Peeters <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> A few more hints, after investigation with the team. > >>> 1. We can't really have rotating DBs as sometimes we want to keep older > >>> transaction records in the DB for a longer time. > >>> 2. We never replicate nor update the statements (so the _rev_limit > won't > >>> really change much (or will it for the compaction??)) > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Nicolas Peeters <[email protected] > >wrote: > >>> > >>>> Actually we never modify those records. Just query them up in certain > >>>> cases. > >>>> > >>>> Regarding Robert's suggestion, I was indeed confused because he was > >>>> suggesting to delete them one by one. > >>>> > >>>> I need to read about the "lower_revs_limit". We never replicate this > data. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Tim Tisdall <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I think he's suggesting avoiding compaction completely. Just delete > >>>>> the old DB when you've finished deleting all the records. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Nicolas Peeters < > [email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > Interesting suggestion. However, this would perhaps have the same > effect > >>>>> > (deleting/compacting the old DB is what makes the system > slower)...? > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected] > > > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > > >>>>> >> Do you eventually delete every document you add? > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> If so, consider using a rolling database scheme instead. At some > >>>>> >> point, perhaps daily, start a new database and write new > transaction > >>>>> >> logs there. Continue deleting old logs from the previous > database(s) > >>>>> >> until they're empty (doc_count:0) and then delete the database. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> B. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> On 14 June 2012 13:44, Nicolas Peeters <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> >> > I'd like some advice from the community regarding compaction. > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > *Scenario:* > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > We have a large-ish CouchDB database that is being used for > >>>>> transactional > >>>>> >> > logs (very write heavy). Once in a while, we delete some of the > >>>>> records > >>>>> >> in > >>>>> >> > large batches and we have scheduled compaction (not automatic > (yet)) > >>>>> >> every > >>>>> >> > 12hours. > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > From what I can see, the DB is being hammered significantly > every 12 > >>>>> >> hours > >>>>> >> > and the compaction is taking 4 hours (with a size of 50-100GB > of log > >>>>> >> data). > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > *The problem:* > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > The problem is that compaction takes a very long time and > reduces the > >>>>> >> > performance of the stack. It seems that it's hard for the > compaction > >>>>> >> > process to "keep up" with the insertions, hence why it takes so > long. > >>>>> >> Also, > >>>>> >> > what I'm not sure is how "incremental" the compaction is... > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > 1. In this case, would it make sense to run the compaction > more > >>>>> often > >>>>> >> > (every 10 minutes); since we're write-heavy. > >>>>> >> > 1. Should we just run more often? (so hopefully it doesn't > do > >>>>> >> > unnecessary work too often). Actually, in our case, we > should > >>>>> >> probably > >>>>> >> > never have automatic compaction if there has been no > >>>>> "termination". > >>>>> >> > 2. Or actually only once in a while? (bigger batch, but > less > >>>>> >> > "useless" overhead) > >>>>> >> > 3. Or should we just wait that a given size (which is the > >>>>> problem > >>>>> >> > really) is hit and use the auto compaction (in CouchDB > 1.2.0) > >>>>> for > >>>>> >> this? > >>>>> >> > 2. In CouchDB 1.2.0 there's a new feature: auto > >>>>> >> > compaction< > >>>>> >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Compaction#Automatic_Compaction> > >>>>> >> > which > >>>>> >> > may be useful for us. There's the "strict_window" feature to > give > >>>>> a max > >>>>> >> > amount of time to compact and cancel the compaction after > that (in > >>>>> >> order > >>>>> >> > not to have it running for 4h+…). I'm wondering what the > impact of > >>>>> >> that is > >>>>> >> > on the long run. What if the compaction cannot be completed > in that > >>>>> >> window? > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > Thanks a lot! > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > Nicolas > >>>>> >> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> >
