Files to delete

[Brad Fitzpatrick]

What's in your file_to_delete and file_to_delete_later tables?

If you telnet to mogielfsd, on port 7001, and type "!watch", do you see
any error messages about deleting?

Deletes should happen in seconds, not 6+ hours.


On Sat, 12 May 2007, Oezcan Acar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I deleted the files 6 hours ago, but they are not removed from the filesystem
>
>
> ps afx shows:
>
> 21144 ?        S      5:07 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/mogilefsd -c /etc/mogilefs/mogilefsd.conf --daemon
> 21145 ?        S      3:22  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [replicate]
> 21146 ?        S      0:00  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [delete]
> 21147 ?        S      0:37  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [queryworker]
> 21148 ?        S      0:39  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [queryworker]
> 21149 ?        S      0:40  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [queryworker]
> 21150 ?        S      0:43  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [queryworker]
> 21151 ?        S      0:56  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [queryworker]
> 21152 ?        S     14:24  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [monitor]
> 21153 ?        S      0:54  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [reaper]
> 21154 ?        SN     0:49  \_ /usr/bin/mogilefsd [fsck]
>
>
> I am using the HEAD version and my mogilefsd.conf looks like:
>
>
> db_dsn DBI:mysql:mogilefs:192.168.1.30
> db_user bizimalem
> db_pass bizimalem
> conf_port 6001
> listener_jobs 5
>
>
> When will be the files removed from the underlying filesystem?
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Sat, 12 May 2007 16:34:35 +0000 (UTC)
> Von: Brad Fitzpatrick <brad at danga.com>
> An: Oezcan Acar <acar at unitedinter.net>
> CC: mogilefs at lists.danga.com
> Betreff: Re: Files to delete
>
> > A delete operation just removes it from the namespace immediately.  The
> > actual deletions from mogstoreds (which may be down at the time of your
> > delete!), happen asynchronously, sometime in the future... usually within
> > a 10-15 seconds, but more if there were problems.
> >
> > See the file_to_delete table (immediately enqueued), or
> > file_to_delete_later (where it goes if there are problems while deleting).
> >
> > Make sure you're running [delete] jobs on your mogilefsds...
> >
> >    $ ps afx | grep delete
> >
> > You see a line like:
> >
> >      \--- mogilefsd [delete]
> >
> > If so, that's what will delete it later.
> >
> > - Brad
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 12 May 2007, Oezcan Acar wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I added with mogtool new files to mogilefs and deleted them again with
> > mogadmin.
> > >
> > >
> > > mogtool --trackers=192.168.1.2:6001 --domain=ref --class=class delete
> > mykey
> > >
> > > After this op mogtool says "Deleted" but the files are not removed from
> > devices! Is that a correct behaviour or are the files marked as to be
> > deleted later? How is the file deletion policy ?
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > >
> > > ___________________________
> > >
> > > Özcan Acar, Dipl. Inf(FH)
> > > Vorstand
> > > Smart Web Business AG
> > >
> > > Im Niederfeld 8
> > > 65462 Gustavsburg
> > >
> > > +49 171 57 33 66 5
> > > acar at unitedinter.net
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> ___________________________
>
> Özcan Acar, Dipl. Inf(FH)
> Vorstand
> Smart Web Business AG
>
> Im Niederfeld 8
> 65462 Gustavsburg
>
> +49 171 57 33 66 5
> acar at unitedinter.net
>
>