Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 25061 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2009 16:55:42 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 27 Apr 2009 16:55:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 85507 invoked by uid 500); 27 Apr 2009 16:55:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 85459 invoked by uid 500); 27 Apr 2009 16:55:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 85428 invoked by uid 99); 27 Apr 2009 16:55:40 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:55:40 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of adam.kocoloski@gmail.com designates 74.125.44.29 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.44.29] (HELO yx-out-2324.google.com) (74.125.44.29) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:55:31 +0000 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so15361yxm.5 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:55:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=6U8PMT6z6T9/+Ar+3dbjd4bYHznbb8uNfHJbJj1gwnc=; b=rItHP7CURzRP2By/BFm5EiGIlr1ojCiLL0ETlI6u103hjV991VQlHHKQbNVqRPJ+hZ +osSk9jy9XgMOoXpX9EbdmWWcowj1o4DWZbS8V1Q8jpA2ZK7AlgQMZ4e8yfDaoxkQDnf MU0ZZY2UKSPThM7xpAcLEU1NdZcCNEVSl9nxE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=B/u2aioI9rC4DfrmnUlUl/cSZfcFcM/RR/LLZ3MA1A1PM8Cnjsq/Q2AMZOwh4iZgWn VGH7J8/wSO7D0DiKx38Fr7NHYwp8b/ry0Vbg+bNTWb4r+FVzhv5GzPAUgKE4Sugbwnm6 42yUVD6TrJIa6HLuJKdCftw9CZsae/Jo39Opc= Received: by 10.100.242.20 with SMTP id p20mr4432720anh.48.1240851304617; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from COMPTON-SIXTEEN.MIT.EDU (COMPTON-SIXTEEN.MIT.EDU [18.109.5.16]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b32sm173645ana.0.2009.04.27.09.55.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Adam Kocoloski To: user@couchdb.apache.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: couchdb attachments vs storing files on fs or s3 like service Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:55:02 -0400 References: <3CDA55B6-7F30-4C43-B636-CB46DF5E6FA7@apache.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > 2009/4/27 Damien Katz : >> Attachments don't affect general performance except during >> compaction, where >> the bytes must be copied to a new file. Eventually we'll have a >> binary >> object plugin, to allow binary objects to be written to alternate >> storage. >> >> -Damien >> > Thanks for the answer. About compaction, are old revisions of a doc > deleted just after you copy the latest to the new file or do you keep > the full original db file until compaction end ? Hi Benoit, it's the latter. Adam