How to reduce DATA_DIR size?
UserBird
Dataiker, Alpha Tester Posts: 535 Dataiker
The DSS Data Directory is huge (several GB). Is there a way to optimize it without any data loss?
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The DSS data directory (or DATA_DIR) stores all your configuration, settings, definitions of datasets, recipes, logs, etc. of your DSS installation. You can read more about the DATA_DIR.
This is a critical directory. You should make regular back-ups.
If you really need to gain some space, you have the following options:
- Look at the managed datasets in DATA_DIR/managed_datasets and verify that there is no dataset no longer used and that has not been deleted.
- Delete the logs of old jobs that are in DATA_DIR/jobs.
For instance:
#open the jobs directory
cd DATA_DIR/jobs
#find all directories containing logs of jobs older than 30 days
find . -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -mtime +30
#delete these directories
find . -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;Keep in mind it's a touchy operation!