On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Matthias Eck <[email protected]> wrote:
> The database file itself has about 500GB, the views have another 500GB. Is the database 500GB of pure JSON, or are there attachments? (The idea of 500GB of JSON boggles my mind, but then, I’m not a big-data guy.) I ask because if a lot of that size is attachments, you can save space by storing those elsewhere, like in S3, and leaving just URLs or other IDs in the docs. This will also speed up compaction because the attachment data doesn’t have to be copied. The drawback is that you’ll have to manually delete attachments after their corresponding doc[s] are deleted or updated. —Jens
