Updated on 2025-03-17 GMT+08:00

CLEANARCHIVE

This section applies only to MRS 3.2.1-LTS to MRS 3.3.1-LTS.

Deletes the archive files of Hudi tables to reduce data storage and read/write pressure of Hudi tables.

set hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.policy = KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_SIZE;

set hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.size.retained = 5368709120;

run cleanarchive on tableIdentifier/tablelocation;

set hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.policy = KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_DAYS;

set hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.days.retained = 30;

run cleanarchive on tableIdentifier/tablelocation;

**Table 1** Parameters
Parameter	Description
tableIdentifier	Name of the Hudi table
tablelocation	Storage path of the Hudi table
hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.policy	Policy for clearing archived files: Currently, only the KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_SIZE and KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_DAYS policies are supported. The default policy is KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_DAYS. KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_SIZE: used to configure the storage capacity that can be used by archived files. KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_DAYS: used to delete archived files beyond a specified time point.
hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.size.retained	When the deletion policy is KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_SIZE, this parameter specifies the number of bytes of archived files to be retained. The default value is 5368709120 bytes (5 GB).
hoodie.archive.file.cleaner.days.retained	When the deletion policy is KEEP_ARCHIVED_FILES_BY_DAYS, this parameter specifies the number of days for storing archived files. The default value is 30 days.

Archived files are not backed up and cannot be restored after being deleted.

You can view command execution results in the driver log or on the client.

Parent topic: Hudi DML Syntax