[Zope] data.fs and zeo

[Jens Vagelpohl]

fritz,

packing works very well from any of the connected ZEO clients. what 
probably throws you off is that when you hit "pack" the page comes back 
immediately and there is no visible change.

packing is being initiated and you will see results after a while (the 
while being longer the larger your Data.fs is) by looking at the contents 
of the directory where your Data.fs is. you'll see a new file, 
Data.fs.pack, that is being built and when it is finished the old Data.fs 
gets renamed to Data.fs.old while Data.fs.pack becomes Data.fs.

this process can take quite some time and the management interface in your 
ZEO client will only show the new database size after Data.fs.pack has 
been put in place of Data.fs.

if you have problems with the 2GB file size limit i suggest (if you're on 
linux) that you go with a kernel that can handle large files (i have a 
test rig that uses a 2.2.17 kernel) and hand-compile python to enable 
large file support.

jens


On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 05:42 , Fritz Mesedilla wrote:

> I'm sorry but I am really getting irritated with the 2GB limit!
>
> Data.fs packing also doesn't work while zeo is running.
>
> How can I pack Data.fs without turning zeo off? It doesn't work in the
> Management Screen.
>
> The management screen for the zeo server is also connecting to it like it 
> is
> a remote server. Is this the problem? But when I try to start zope without
> activating the custom_zodb.py, it won't start. I have to make zope think 
> it
> is trying to connect to a different server.
>
> Please help me!
>
>
>
> Fritz Mesedilla