# Configuration

**URL:** https://discuss.aerospike.com/c/operations/configuration/19.md

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## [About the Configuration category](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/about-the-configuration-category/41)

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**Author:** [@kporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/kporter)\
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Discuss Aerospike configuration.

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## [Question: Is there any official way to enable server-side client verification without requiring client-side server verification (asymmetric mTLS)?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/question-is-there-any-official-way-to-enable-server-side-client-verification-without-requiring-client-side-server-verification-asymmetric-mtls/12637)

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**Author:** [@Adnan\_Khan](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Adnan_Khan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/question-is-there-any-official-way-to-enable-server-side-client-verification-without-requiring-client-side-server-verification-asymmetric-mtls/12637 "2025-12-04T17:24:08Z")

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Hello Everyone, I’m implementing PKI/mTLS authentication in Aerospike and want to confirm whether Aerospike officially supports a configuration where the server verifies the client certificate, but the client does NOT ne…

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## [Large Records in memory](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/large-records-in-memory/12586)

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**Author:** [@tchoudhury](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/tchoudhury)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/large-records-in-memory/12586 "2025-11-08T18:29:35Z")

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I am seeing conflicting information related to max-record-size. Documents say 8MB is maximum but configuration is not taking max-record-size parameter. We are using Aerospike 7.2 enterprise edition with memory instance. …

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## [Disk or partition in storage-engine device configuration - 2 devices and 4 partitions each](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/disk-or-partition-in-storage-engine-device-configuration-2-devices-and-4-partitions-each/12292)

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**Author:** [@malidipak1](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/malidipak1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/disk-or-partition-in-storage-engine-device-configuration-2-devices-and-4-partitions-each/12292 "2025-05-09T12:49:02Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Disk or partition in storage-engine device configuration: Does this means the configuration in question is right, as long as it is having 2 devices and 4 partitions each for better perfor…

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## [Modifying a Single Bin in a Multi-Bin Record](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/modifying-a-single-bin-in-a-multi-bin-record/12127)

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**Author:** [@Aadarsh](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Aadarsh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/modifying-a-single-bin-in-a-multi-bin-record/12127 "2025-03-04T01:34:39Z")

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My access pattern always involves reading the full record, but writes can be divided into logical bins, allowing direct replacement of a bin’s value. I want to understand the performance implications of updating a single…

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## [Index-type flash - Error Code 1: Server error - No space left on device](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/index-type-flash-error-code-1-server-error-no-space-left-on-device/11680)

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**Author:** [@AlexAms](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/AlexAms)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/index-type-flash-error-code-1-server-error-no-space-left-on-device/11680 "2024-10-28T18:36:06Z")

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Hi! I am trying to configure an index-type flash, and it’s complicated. Could you please explain what’s wrong? namespace test { replication-factor 1 default-ttl 0d nsup-period 600 partition-tree-sprigs 8K stor…

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## [Aeropsike async client is making frequent authentication like several per second](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aeropsike-async-client-is-making-frequent-authentication-like-several-per-second/11644)

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**Author:** [@Anshul\_Goel](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Anshul_Goel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aeropsike-async-client-is-making-frequent-authentication-like-several-per-second/11644 "2024-10-21T16:39:04Z")

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We are using aerospike client 6.1.0 and we switched to async client call. Our changes were working fine but we faced issue on server side that there were several authentication logs per second due to which disk was getti…

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## [How to config 2 nodes in aerospike cluster to be: one node is totally master node, another node is totally replication node?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-config-2-nodes-in-aerospike-cluster-to-be-one-node-is-totally-master-node-another-node-is-totally-replication-node/11363)

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**Author:** [@Alice](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Alice)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-config-2-nodes-in-aerospike-cluster-to-be-one-node-is-totally-master-node-another-node-is-totally-replication-node/11363 "2024-10-16T06:54:33Z")

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I want to do the test in 2 nodes cluster, like below: Client is running on node1, and the client store all its data on node1.( Data on node1 is all master data) Master data on node1 can replica to node2 synchronous or …

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## [Aerospike Community K8S Service configuration](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-community-k8s-service-configuration/11450)

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**Author:** [@Rajeesh\_Xius](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Rajeesh_Xius)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-community-k8s-service-configuration/11450 "2024-09-06T09:06:22Z")

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Hi Team, We are running Aerospike community edition in K8S cluster with three node config. There are three pods running with POD IP and we have exposed Aerospike with NodePort for external access. While using info comma…

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## [Aerospike un-even CPU distribution](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-un-even-cpu-distribution/11257)

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**Author:** [@Shachar](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Shachar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-un-even-cpu-distribution/11257 "2024-07-02T14:16:39Z")

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Hello! we’re running Aerospike Community 5.5.0 with a 4 node cluster One day we suddenly started seeing an increase in CPU usage in only one of the nodes For some reason the leader suddenly has higher cpu usage: Anyo…

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## [Aerospike prometheus exporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/11243)

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**Author:** [@Gopi\_Siripurapu](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Gopi_Siripurapu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/11243 "2024-06-26T17:49:34Z")

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Configured aerospike prometheus exporter 1.9.0 on Amazon Linux. From prometheus Targets page I can see all endpoints are up. However not able to see the metrics like aerospike\_namespace\_memory\_free\_pct. None of the metri…

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## [Memory limits using K8S](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/memory-limits-using-k8s/10859)

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**Author:** [@Shachar](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Shachar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/memory-limits-using-k8s/10859 "2024-05-29T11:46:33Z")

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Hey! :wave: I am using aerospike on kubernetes and was wondering how much memory I should allocate compared to the pod limit. For example I set the pod request and limit to 128Gi, then in aerospike how much memory should…

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## [Aerospike pods are in crashloop state](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-pods-are-in-crashloop-state/11145)

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**Author:** [@gopinath](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/gopinath)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-pods-are-in-crashloop-state/11145 "2024-05-28T18:12:52Z")

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AEROSPIKE PODS ARE IN CRASHLOOP STATE WIT BELOW ERROR. May 24 2024 12:38:41 GMT: INFO (config): (cfg.c:3960) May 24 2024 12:38:41 GMT: INFO (config): (cfg.c:3960) service { May 24 2024 12:38:41 GMT: INFO (config): (cfg.c…

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## [Auto-pin CPU error does not have a PCI device entry](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/auto-pin-cpu-error-does-not-have-a-pci-device-entry/11045)

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**Author:** [@Vinodkumar\_Gopireddy](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Vinodkumar_Gopireddy)\
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**Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/auto-pin-cpu-error-does-not-have-a-pci-device-entry/11045 "2024-05-07T16:53:56Z")

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Hello, In aerospike.conf we are using auto-pin cpu, because of this option we are getting below error FAILED ASSERTION (hardware): (hardware.c:1231) interface bond0.10 does not have a PCI device entry we are using bonded…

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## [Start Up issue while starting up aerospike server using systemctl on multipass VM running on macbook](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/start-up-issue-while-starting-up-aerospike-server-using-systemctl-on-multipass-vm-running-on-macbook/11008)

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**Author:** [@im\_here](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/im_here)\
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**Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/start-up-issue-while-starting-up-aerospike-server-using-systemctl-on-multipass-vm-running-on-macbook/11008 "2024-04-17T11:14:42Z")

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I am trying to installl aerospike-server on a multipass VM running on macbook, but the server keeps failing . The server that i used: https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-server-enterprise/6.3.0.0/aerospike…

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## [Timezone changing for Aerospike](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/timezone-changing-for-aerospike/10820)

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**Author:** [@ruslan.yeraliyev](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/ruslan.yeraliyev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/timezone-changing-for-aerospike/10820 "2024-02-20T17:46:51Z")

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Hi, All. Who knows how Aerospike will behave when changing time zones? We are soon switching from UTC +6 to UTC +5. Will simply changing the settings in NTP or Chrony resolve this issue? Perhaps someone has practical exp…

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## [Can high-water-memory-pct configuration change be ignored or limited?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/can-high-water-memory-pct-configuration-change-be-ignored-or-limited/10558)

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**Author:** [@shan.p](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/shan.p)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/can-high-water-memory-pct-configuration-change-be-ignored-or-limited/10558 "2023-10-09T22:11:09Z")

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I have a test Aerospike cluster with one node and several namespaces. I am testing a new configuration change, to increase the high-water-memory-pct from 70 to 90%. When I apply this change and restart the Aerospike ser…

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## [How to set replication-factor at set level in Aerospike?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-set-replication-factor-at-set-level-in-aerospike/10497)

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**Author:** [@maulik\_trapasiya](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/maulik_trapasiya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-set-replication-factor-at-set-level-in-aerospike/10497 "2023-09-07T15:43:31Z")

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I need to have replication-factor at set level in Aerospike. I am not able to find whether the Aerospike support this or not. Based on documentation I found that this can be configured at namespace level but my requireme…

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## [Unable to create cluster of 2 nodes using docker images of aerospike](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/unable-to-create-cluster-of-2-nodes-using-docker-images-of-aerospike/10235)

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**Author:** [@Rohit\_Singh](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Rohit_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/unable-to-create-cluster-of-2-nodes-using-docker-images-of-aerospike/10235 "2023-05-25T04:45:51Z")

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Hi team, I am currently experimenting with the Aerospike Docker image (aerospike/aerospike-server) and I’m facing difficulties in setting up a simple 2-node cluster on my Mac. I am using Aerospike Community Edition buil…

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## [After restarting one node there is extreme decrease in Ops/sec and even timeout](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/after-restarting-one-node-there-is-extreme-decrease-in-ops-sec-and-even-timeout/10166)

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**Author:** [@Sovit\_Patnaik](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Sovit_Patnaik)\
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**Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/after-restarting-one-node-there-is-extreme-decrease-in-ops-sec-and-even-timeout/10166 "2023-04-27T22:12:31Z")

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Hi I am using aerospike-6.1.0.1. I am running into a issue where the write throughput is reduced from 1000 ops/second to 0.8 ops/second (even timeout). When I set the new cluster with 2 nodes and Replication factor 2, it…

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## [Facing AerospikeError: Socket read failed: -4095 issue on put command in local setup](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/facing-aerospikeerror-socket-read-failed-4095-issue-on-put-command-in-local-setup/10143)

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**Author:** [@Saksham\_Patro](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Saksham_Patro)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/facing-aerospikeerror-socket-read-failed-4095-issue-on-put-command-in-local-setup/10143 "2023-04-24T05:29:51Z")

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Creating index worked fine but i am stuck in this issue while putting bins to the keys. Check screenshot attached - Can anyone help me with the issue ?

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## [Trying to create a test namespace : Errors are not verbose](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/trying-to-create-a-test-namespace-errors-are-not-verbose/10155)

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**Author:** [@Jeff.MacDonald](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Jeff.MacDonald)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/trying-to-create-a-test-namespace-errors-are-not-verbose/10155 "2023-04-21T14:54:35Z")

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This is on version 4.9. I know it’s old. That’s my reality right now :slight\_smile: \[root@aerospike-test-4 ~\]# asinfo -h localhost -U admin -P admin -v 'set-config:context=namespace;id=jeffm;replication-factor=1;memory…

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## [Secondary index missing records, can it be repaired?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/secondary-index-missing-records-can-it-be-repaired/1366)

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**Author:** [@hubt](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/hubt)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/secondary-index-missing-records-can-it-be-repaired/1366 "2023-02-26T22:58:13Z")

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We have a situation where we recently upgraded a 3 node cluster from 3.4.1 to 3.5.9 and since the upgrade, secondary index queries sometimes fail to find records that we know are available by the primary index. The stat…

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## [Facing TLS write failed: -2 error during put operation](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/facing-tls-write-failed-2-error-during-put-operation/10002)

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**Author:** [@Ansh1207](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Ansh1207)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/facing-tls-write-failed-2-error-during-put-operation/10002 "2023-02-03T17:01:52Z")

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I am trying to use aerospike 6.0 as cache with the following config for my namespace: namespace application\_cache { memory-size 5G replication-factor 2 default-ttl 1h nsup-period 1h …

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## [How to set TTL in millisecond](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-set-ttl-in-millisecond/9959)

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**Author:** [@neha\_Mittal](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/neha_Mittal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-set-ttl-in-millisecond/9959 "2023-01-12T10:02:20Z")

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How to set TTL in milliseconds ?

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## [What is the default value for default-ttl context?](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/what-is-the-default-value-for-default-ttl-context/2038)

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**Author:** [@sharpramodma](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/sharpramodma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/what-is-the-default-value-for-default-ttl-context/2038 "2015-10-26T07:53:56Z")

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What is the default value for context default-ttl ? Is the default value 0 or 30 days? default-ttl \[dynamic\] Context: namespace Default: 0 Default time-to-live (in seconds) for a record from the time of creation or l…

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## [Aerospike is not removing expired records from memory fast enough](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-is-not-removing-expired-records-from-memory-fast-enough/3804)

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**Author:** [@ytchan4](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/ytchan4)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-is-not-removing-expired-records-from-memory-fast-enough/3804 "2022-12-07T17:55:57Z")

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Hello, I am seeing that Aerospike is not removing expired recorsd from memory fast enough. This results in more writes tps vs. the rate that expired records are being removed from memory. Is there any setting other th…

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## [Multiple cluster nodes is showing cluster timeout](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/multiple-cluster-nodes-is-showing-cluster-timeout/9871)

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**Author:** [@Arpit\_Mandloi](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Arpit_Mandloi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/multiple-cluster-nodes-is-showing-cluster-timeout/9871 "2022-11-22T17:04:35Z")

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Client side code client, err := aerospike.NewClientWithPolicyAndHost(aerospike.NewClientPolicy(), aerospike.NewHost("127.0.0.1", 3000), aerospike.NewHost("127.0.0.1", 4000)) aerospike configs service { user root …

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## [How to make seed node offline](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-make-seed-node-offline/9782)

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**Author:** [@lgs](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/lgs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-make-seed-node-offline/9782 "2022-10-14T03:20:43Z")

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I have cluster config as follow: server version 3.15 heartbeat { mode mesh address bond0 port 3002 interval 150 timeout 10 mesh-seed-address-port 10.21.84.15 3002 mesh-seed-address-port 10.2…

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## [Storage-engine config cannot be changed (kubernetes)](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/storage-engine-config-cannot-be-changed-kubernetes/9726)

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**Author:** [@Khanh\_Nguyen](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Khanh_Nguyen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/storage-engine-config-cannot-be-changed-kubernetes/9726 "2022-09-12T15:43:01Z")

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Hello, I am super new to aerospike. We have it running on EKS and I am tasked with updating filesize. My CR consists on this block. namespaces: - name: test memory-size: 7000000000 replication-factor: 2 ns…

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