The object expirer can be configured to delay the reaping of
objects from disk after their expiration time using account
and container level delay_reaping values. The delay_reaping
value of accounts and containers in seconds is configured in
the object server config. The object expirer references these
configured values to only reap objects from specified accounts
and containers after their corresponding delays.
The goal of the delay_reaping feature is to prevent accidental or
premature data loss if an object marked for deletion with the
'x-delete-at' feature should not be reaped immediately, for
whatever reason.
Configuring the delay_reaping value at a granular account and
container level is beneficial for being able to keep storage
capacity consumption in control while maintaining a desired
data recovery window.
This patch also adds a sample configuration, documentation, and
tests for bad configurations and grace period functionality.
Co-Authored-By: Anish Kachinthaya <akachinthaya@nvidia.com>
Change-Id: I106103438c4162a561486ac73a09436e998ae1f0
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