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  • Tom 50 posts 100 karma points
    Sep 15, 2009 @ 12:00
    Tom
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    Large /data/_systemUmbracoIndexDontDelete folder more than 7,5GB

    Umbraco Version 4.0.2.1
    12.000 articles/nodes.
    ASP.NET 2.0
    Windows 2003 IIS 6

    Our _systemUmbracoIndexDontDelete folder is about 7,5gb and still growing, is this normal that this folder is that large?

  • Douglas Robar 3570 posts 4711 karma points MVP ∞ admin c-trib
    Sep 15, 2009 @ 14:34
    Douglas Robar
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    No, sounds too big, though it depends on the amount of information indexed.  Here's what you can do...

    Delete the FILES in the _systemUmbracoIndexDontDelete folder (but leave the folder). Then go to /umbraco/reindex.aspx and click the refresh link a few times to get the reindexing going and to satisfy yourself it is moving along. Reindexing takes a very long time. You can continue to work on the site normally while it reindexes.

    cheers,
    doug.

  • Tom 50 posts 100 karma points
    Sep 16, 2009 @ 12:45
    Tom
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    Hi Doug, thank you for your reply. I just deleted the contents of the _systemUmbracoIndexDontDelet, the folder is now 26mb in size. I will monitor the folder the upcoming day.

    What could be the cause that the folder became this size?

  • Ismail Mayat 4511 posts 10091 karma points MVP 2x admin c-trib
    Sep 16, 2009 @ 15:15
    Ismail Mayat
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    Tom,

    For the document types that you have on your install do you have in total alot of properties?

    Regards

    Ismail

  • Tom 50 posts 100 karma points
    Sep 16, 2009 @ 20:28
    Tom
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    Hi Ismail, for each document type we have around 20 properties and we have 4 major document types that are frequently used in the site.

  • Niels Hartvig 1951 posts 2391 karma points c-trib
    Sep 16, 2009 @ 21:49
    Niels Hartvig
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    The cause would be the Lucene indexer going nuts with Umbraco probably forcing it to some obscure endless loop. The size of the should never exceed a maximum of total nodes*3kb.

    It's always safe to delete the contents of the folder. It's only used for internal searching (the search box in the upper left corner of the admin UI)

  • Tom 50 posts 100 karma points
    Sep 18, 2009 @ 15:50
    Tom
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    Thanks for the replys. The directory stays steady on 27mb so "problem" solved!

  • Dave Woestenborghs 3504 posts 12134 karma points MVP 9x admin c-trib
    Sep 18, 2009 @ 16:20
    Dave Woestenborghs
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    If we apply the rule Niels posted here it means your site has 9000+ nodes. Just curious how your performance is.

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