topic Re: Content store data deletion in Alfresco Forum

Content store data deletion

brijeshnk — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:44:02 GMT

I have conentstore configured in below content store location.

D:\alfresco-content-services\alf_data\contentstore\2019

I want to delete above shown 2019 folder . I dont need 2019 anymore. Essentilally , I need to do purging .

If i delete files above folder ,will it clean-up the metadata and indexes also ?

or will it corrupt my respository ? Whats the best way to achive bulk deletion , which will delete references in database also without corrupting repo ?

Re: Content store data deletion

angelborroy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:52:07 GMT

Hope this helps you to understand how to remove storage for deleted nodes:

https://github.com/keensoft/alfresco-deleted-content-store-cleaner

Re: Content store data deletion

brijeshnk — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:48:05 GMT

Hi , thanks for this usefull link .

I have another qustion too - Is it possible to physically move file from contentstore folder to conentstore.deleted folder .

I have bulk deletion , I was thinking to write PS script to move files physially to conentstore.deleted folder . Is this approach will work out ? OR will it corrupt the repository ?

Re: Content store data deletion

angelborroy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:56:40 GMT

Files references need also to be removed from Database and SOLR, so moving them directly from filesystem would corrupt your repository.

Re: Content store data deletion

brijeshnk — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:03:57 GMT

Thanks a lot for the reply ,

Is there a bulk deletion script or addons ? deleting files individually from Alfresco UI is tedious task .

Regards

Re: Content store data deletion

angelborroy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:12:22 GMT

You can remove a folder or select multiple files to delete them in a row. That options are available in the UI.

Re: Content store data deletion

brijeshnk — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:47:22 GMT

But its running in GBs . I have around 7.5 GB worth of data to be deleted. This is impossible to do using Alfresco UI . Even if i select and delete from UI .
I am worried about the perfromance . Though its onetime time activity , I need to delete this for 12 months of data , which 12* 7.5 GB