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Subject: Re: AgeOff Filter - Compaction needed?
From: William Slacum <wilhelm.von.cloud@accumulo.net>
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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.
<David.Slater@jhuapl.edu>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=
=92m
> using 1.4 =96 is this behavior different in 1.5 or 1.6?)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">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.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Slater, David M. <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:David.Slater@jhuapl.edu" target=3D"_blank">David.Slater@jhu=
apl.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US"><div><p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al">Hi, I would like to automatically ageoff old data; however my understan=
ding 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 a=
dded to or scanned, the ageoff filter would not take effect, correct?<u></u=
><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Would I =
need to force a compaction or merge in order to remove those records, or wo=
uld it be better to write my own script to remove rows? (I=92m using 1.4 =
=96 is this behavior different in 1.5 or 1.6?)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks,<=
br>David<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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