Hi Paul, We welcome feedback on why the automatic compaction system (in its default configuration or custom) is not appropriate for you.
B. > On 19 Aug 2021, at 05:29, Paul Milner <pauljmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Adam > > Thanks for the feedback. I was actually struggling with which options to set > per channel and what to set them to. Anyway after more thought, I’ve decided > on a manual approach as I need it to be more custom than automatic. > > But thanks again > I appreciate it. > > Best regards > Paul > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 18 Aug 2021, at 20:01, Adam Kocoloski <kocol...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, sorry to hear you’re finding it a challenge to configure. The >> default configuration described in the documentation does give you an >> example of how things are set up: >> >> https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.1.1/maintenance/compaction.html#channel-configuration >> >> Cross-referenced from that section you can find the full configuration >> reference that describes all the supported configuration keys at the channel >> level: >> >> https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.1.1/config/compaction.html#config-compactions >> >> The general idea is that you create [smoosh.<channelname>] configuration >> blocks with whatever settings you deem appropriate to match a certain set of >> files and prioritize them, and then use the [smoosh] block to activate those >> channels. >> >> Can you say a little more about what you’re finding lacking in the docs? >> Cheers, >> >> Adam >> >>> On Aug 18, 2021, at 2:58 AM, Paul Milner <pauljmil...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> I'm looking at the maintenance of my databases and how I could implement >>> tools to do that. Smoosh seems to be the main option, but I'm struggling to >>> set it up as the documentation seems a bit limited. >>> >>> I have only really found this: >>> >>> 5.1. Compaction — Apache CouchDB® 3.1 Documentation >>> <https://docs.couchdb.com/en/3.1.1/maintenance/compaction.html#database-compaction> >>> >>> I could do it manually but wanted to explore this first and was wondering >>> if there are any smoosh examples about, that could help me on my way? >>> >>> If anyone could point me in the right direction please, I would appreciate >>> it. >>> >>> Thanks a lot >>> Best regards >>> Paul >>
