http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Don't discount import jobs that are really large, e.g importing a planet dump of OpenStreetMap data ... being able to do that within 24 hours instead of a week is quite important.http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment5http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment5Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:40:36 GMTI find it helpful, personally. The sooner I can run real queries against real data the better.http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment4http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment4Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:42:09 GMTWell, I guess that makes sense, although I've never came across the need to increase batch performance, even when importingf many thousands of documents, because those operation are usually not time senstive. Thanks for explanation - I especially like that we now can do better in those silly db-comparisons that you mentioned.http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment3http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment3Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:29:31 GMTDaniel, Many cases, you might have an import process running nightly, a customer may upload a file, etc. But don't discount the one time costs. Sure, it is going to be one time in production, but that ISN'T what happens in dev. Beside, I got tried from "XyzDB does Y inserts, and you do less than that."http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment2http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment2Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:23:40 GMTCan you think of actual real world scenarios where batch insert performance makes any difference at all? I mean _who_ needs that except for first-time migration from a different database like sql server, in which case it doesn't matter if it takes 1 minute or 10 minutes...http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment1http://ayende.com/160547/implementation-details-ravendb-bulk-inserts#comment1Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:20:17 GMT