Will flushing the Cache in Confluence affect Usage?

[Shirley He]

Hello,

To fix an issue we are having in Confluence, we need to flush the Content Objects cache. I haven't done this before and was wondering if flushing it will cause any problems in Confluence and/or to the users currently using it. Will it erase any drafts that users are working on?

Regards,

Shirley

[Victor Mutambuki · Accepted solution]

Shirley,

If the cache is large, you'll need more memory to run. See links for more info.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/cache-performance-tuning-169119133.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/cache-statistics-150472.html

Victor

[Shirley He]

Hi Victor,

Thanks for your quick reply. We are not having a problem with cache sizes. We need to flush the cache to fix a space import problem. So my question is, can I flush the cache without affecting the performance of the instance?

Regards,

Shirley

[Victor Mutambuki]

Shirley,

It might. I'd advice to perform the flush when users are at minimal. For example, after work.

Victor

[Shirley He]

Thanks for the help, Victor :)