Questions about the Obliterate command

Thalko · Post by **Thalko** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:33 am

will running the Obliterate command free up space on the underlying SQL server? My immediate supervisor tells me that we will no longer be needing to access old code branches (2+ years old) and wants me to remove them. currently i have them hidden from developers so their clients do not attempt to pull down the repository info for old branches, but my supervisor wants me to actually obliterate these old branches to lessen the size of the Vault DB and hopefully speed up performance. also how does that impact the history of branches we would want to keep, or any other side-effects caused by obliterating branches?

thanks,

Tom

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:44 pm

If you're having performance problems, it's probably not primarily due to the size of your database, but more about the shape it's in. Do you run database maintenance regularly?

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=2924

Also check these tipse on optimal Vault performance:

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=4206