wallet storage directory inefficient with large number of addresses

[multichain]

wallet storage directory inefficient with large number of addresses

[gidgreen]

Can you please show us which files are taking up all this space?

[cebe]

In datadir:

# ls -lah
total 46M
drwxr-x--- 7 multichain multichain 4.0K Dec 18 21:53 .
drwxr-x--- 4 multichain multichain 4.0K Nov 10 14:12 ..
drwx------ 3 multichain multichain 4.0K Nov 10 14:06 blocks
drwx------ 2 multichain multichain 4.0K Dec 18 15:47 chainstate
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Nov 10 14:06 db.log
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 668K Dec 18 21:53 debug.log
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 8.7M Dec 18 15:57 entities.dat
drwx------ 2 multichain multichain 4.0K Dec 18 15:47 entities.db
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain   70 Dec 18 21:53 fee_estimates.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Nov 10 14:06 .lock
-rw-r----- 1 multichain multichain  152 Nov 10 14:01 multichain.conf
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 8.6K Nov 10 14:06 params.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 2.7K Dec 18 21:53 peers.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 3.7M Dec 18 15:57 permissions.dat
drwxr-x--- 2 multichain multichain 4.0K Dec 18 15:47 permissions.db
-rw-r----- 1 multichain multichain 449K Dec 18 15:57 permissions.log
drwx------ 3 multichain multichain  25M Dec 18 15:57 wallet
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain 7.5M Dec 18 21:53 wallet.dat
# cd wallet
# ls -lah | wc -l
634918
# du -sh .
55G	.
# ls -lah |head -n 25
total 54G
drwx------ 3 multichain multichain  25M Dec 18 15:57 .
drwxr-x--- 7 multichain multichain 4.0K Dec 18 21:53 ..
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain  15M Dec 18 15:57 txs00000.dat
drwx------ 2 multichain multichain  12K Dec 18 15:47 txs.db
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain  52G Dec 18 15:57 txs.log
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15110.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15111.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15112.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15113.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15114.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15115.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15116.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15117.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15118.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15119.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15120.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15121.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15122.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15123.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15124.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15125.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15126.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15127.dat
-rw------- 1 multichain multichain    0 Dec 18 15:57 uncsend_15128.dat

From the above I see that most of the space is taken by txs.log, what is that file used for?
There are also 634918 files in that directory, are these necessary?

[gidgreen]

If you upgrade to MultiChain 1.0.2, it keeps the size of this log file in check.

[cebe]

sorry, I did not understand what you were trying to say, could you please elaborate?

[gidgreen]

What version of MultiChain are you using? You can see when you launch it.

[cebe]

this one was 1.0.1, I will try 1.0.2 and see if it behaves differently.

[cebe]

This seems to be fixed in 1.0.2, thanks.