Delete record in aerospike

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You can’t, this is by design. It probably will be overwritten by another record, someday.

How is data deleted?

How is data deleted? Aerospike separates the data into two parts: index and value. The index is always stored in DRAM, the value can be stored in either SSD or DRAM (with or without disk for persistence). When a record is deleted, the reference to it is removed from the index. The actual data is not removed from the disk. Another process will find that the data on disk is not being used and reclaim the space. Note that it is possible for deleted object to reappear. For this to happen the follow…

Best solution for now: don’t restart aerospike.