Cool! On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:30 AM Diana Thayer <di...@neighbourhood.ie> wrote:
> Hey everyone! > > We at Neighbourhoodie just released the tool CouchContinuum to help with > migrating databases to new settings, so that an admin can modify CouchDB > database settings that can only be set during database creation. The tool > helps by replicating and recreating the database with the desired settings. > This tool can be run from any machine and requires no special access to the > server(s). Here's a link to the source: > > https://github.com/neighbourhoodie/couch-continuum > > Some database settings can only be set when the database is created, like > "q" and "placement". "q" reflects the number of shards to maintain per > replica of a database, and "placement" indicates where those shards will be > stored. In order to modify these values, it is necessary to create a new > database and migrate the data from the old database to the new one. > Additionally, databases can accumulate tombstones of deleted documents that > can slow down certain activities. CouchContinuum optionally filters out > these tombstones when it migrates a database. > > I hope you find it useful! If you have any questions about it, let me know. > > Best regards, > > Diana >
