Compress indexes

GiorgioS

Hello,

This is my first post in your community.

I had a large index (16GB) and I decided to close it to free up disk space. However, the disk usage didn’t decrease as much as I expected.

I’m curious why this happened.

I would also appreciate recommendations on how to compress large indexes.

Thank you, looking forward to your help!

SzymonC

Hi,

It's nice to have you with us. 🙂
Closing index is not removing or compressing data. It's more focused on saving the performance (RAM/CPU) rather than disk space.
If you want to have long term storage, then you should use Archive module. Just keep in mind that archiving does not remove data by itself, but once it's done, it is safe to remove data from the system using Index Management module.