Yes, indexes are stored in separate directory. See view_index_dir[1] config option for concrete location.
[1]: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/config/couchdb.html#couchdb/view_index_dir -- ,,,^..^,,, On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Michael Power <michael.po...@elotouch.com> wrote: > We saw the loss of a view/index when we did a filesystem backup. Are the > indexes stored in a different place on the filesystem then the data? > > > > On 3/19/15, 12:32 PM, "Jan Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >>> On 19 Mar 2015, at 19:51, Michael Power <michael.po...@elotouch.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way we can ask couchdb to flush to disk and block all writes. >>> We would like to get the disk in a consistent state and do a disk based >>> backup. Is this possible? The actual backup takes milliseconds we just >>> need the disk in a consistent state for those milliseconds. >> >>That’s CouchDB’s default mode of operation. >> >>If you need to make sure you have the absolute latest data, set >>`delayed_writes` to `false` in the configuration, but for backup reasons, it >>shouldn’t make a difference. >> >>Best >>Jan >>-- >> >>> >>> Michael Power >> >>-- >>Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: >>http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ >>
