Delete Object - what happens with the data saved on the server disk

Question

Hi OS-team,

when using the delete endpoint (DmsService.deleteItem) there is the option harddelete. When setting this to true, the object is deleted permanently. What happens with the data saved on the server (dms data)? When monitoring the work folder, the data of the deleted object is still there.
Is it possible to delete the data on the server when harddeleting?

I'm using version 6.6.
Thank you for your response.

Regards, Mathias

Answer 1

Hi Mathias,
you have to schedule the Operation DeleteRecycled. This will delete the file from the storage.

Cheers,
Thorsten

Comments

Hi Thorsten,

thank you for the quick response. That worked perfectly. I just had to set the seconds to a low number.

Regards, Mathias

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Hi Thorsten,

Should it always be triggered? I've deleted it via bulk delete, and I see files in the Work and Rendition folders. I've used the below endpoint with the request

[POST] /rest-ws/service/dms/batch/delete
{
  "query": {
    "type": "purchaseorder"
  },
  "options": {
    "ignoremissing": false,
    "breakonerror": true,
    "harddelete": true,
    "deleteonlyemptyfolders": false
  }
}

And triggering the below operation without luck:
- Check storage
- Integrity check
- Check index
- Delete Recycled

Cheers,
Gabriel