Replication won't copy the _local docs between the nodes. You might have some of those on only one node, e.g. from a replication that only involved one of the two databases. Regards,
Adam On Nov 7, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Sivan Greenberg wrote: > So far, I get the differences even after compacting twice and three times. > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM >>> Subject: Questions about database file sizes. >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> First I'd like to say that my longly developed couchdb based system >>> seems to be performing well and serving its purpose. >>> >>> However, there's always a small difference between the database files >>> on the 2 couchdb server nodes we are using, after identical compaction >>> steps on both db's, the difference remains around 4k, even though the >>> number of documents is the same. >>> >>> This is CouchDB 0.11.0 , 2 nodes, each one does a pull replication >>> from its peer in continue replication over HTTP. >>> >>> Is this normal? Can we sleep at night without fearing the delta would >>> at some edge case occasion increase to the gigs ? Is it unrealistic to >>> expect the two files to be of the same size given same compaction >>> steps were taken and they both replicate pull from each other? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> (CouchDB Rocks!) >>> >>> -Sivan >>> >> >> You might try compacting twice. If you're not seeing the difference >> change after continuous writes its probably not a big deal. >> >> Paul >>
