Can storage engine device and memory be used together?

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1

Hi all, can someone please let me know if storage engine memory and device be used together like the following

namespace zp {
replication-factor 1
memory-size 1G
high-water-memory-pct 90
default-ttl 300
storage-engine memory
storage-engine device {
file /data/aerospike/zp.data
filesize 10G
}
}

2

Hi @deepak91

You could store data both in-memory and on-disk by using the data-in-memory directive.

Example:

namespace yourNamespaceName {
  memory-size 4G

  storage-engine device {
    file /opt/aerospike/<filename>
    filesize <SIZE>G
    data-in-memory true  # Indicates that all data should also be in memory.
  }
}

More info: http://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/namespace/storage/

3

Hi, thank you for your kind reply. Can you please let me know if the configuration I provided is correct and won’t throw any errors.

Thank You :smile:

4

I don’t think it is. The configuration reference specifies when a directive can be used multiple times. This is not the case with storage-engine.

Configuration reference doc: http://www.aerospike.com/docs/reference/configuration/#storage-engine

I just tried a config with two storage-engine directives in a single namespace, and it seems to completely ignore the first one. I didn’t spot an error, but when inspecting the configuration using asadm it displayed that the device is used as storage engine and data-in-memory is false.

Why would you need both engines at the same time? Is the data-in-memory setting not what you want?

5

Your configuration would be invalid. When Aerospike loads, it will use the storage engine you defined last.