I have run into a situation where a very large amount of data has been imported into the wrong index. This index contains other data as well. My current plan is to run a delete of the incorrectly imported data, create a new index, and reimport. My concern is that a delete does not reduce the actual database size on disk. It seems a clean will remove do what i need, but will also remove the other valid data. Is there anyway, online or offline, to reduce the database size on disk without losing the other data?
I guess I could always run my delete, then dump the remaining contents of the index to a file, remove the index, recreate and reimport. I was just hoping for something easier. Thanks.
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