compaction changed to .idx based deletion

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/weed/command/backup.go b/weed/command/backup.go
index a6d660006..0f6bed225 100644
--- a/weed/command/backup.go
+++ b/weed/command/backup.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func runBackup(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 	}
 
 	if v.SuperBlock.CompactionRevision < uint16(stats.CompactRevision) {
-		if err = v.Compact(0, 0); err != nil {
+		if err = v.Compact2(30 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Compact Volume before synchronizing %v\n", err)
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/weed/command/compact.go b/weed/command/compact.go
index 4a54f5670..85313b749 100644
--- a/weed/command/compact.go
+++ b/weed/command/compact.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ var cmdCompact = &Command{
   The compacted .dat file is stored as .cpd file.
   The compacted .idx file is stored as .cpx file.
 
+  For method=0, it compacts based on the .dat file, works if .idx file is corrupted.
+  For method=1, it compacts based on the .idx file, works if deletion happened but not written to .dat files.
+
   `,
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ func runCompact(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 			glog.Fatalf("Compact Volume [ERROR] %s\n", err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err = v.Compact2(); err != nil {
+		if err = v.Compact2(preallocate); err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Compact Volume [ERROR] %s\n", err)
 		}
 	}