[Zope] ZCatalog: No Space Left on Device

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martijn Faassen [mailto:m.faassen@vet.uu.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 12:49 PM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] ZCatalog: No Space Left on Device
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Sometimes when I'm ZCatalogging (in Zope 2.0.1) a lot of objects it
> aborts (after a long time) with 'no space left on device'. This while
> there is still over a 100 megs of space on the drive. Anyone have any
> clue what this means?

ZCatalog uses subtransactions, which are temporary miniature 'commits'
to the ZODB so that memory doesn't grow beyond physical limits when
changing lots and lots of objects in one transaction.  When a
subtransaction is commited, it allows the ZODB to move those
'sub-commited' objects to a temporary file if memory gets tight.

This temporary file is probably filling up your /tmp filesystem.  The
solution is to set your commit threshold much higher, ie, commit
sub-transactions less frequently.

-Michel