RLE Data Compression

Hello,

I tried changing the Data Compression of an Essbase database, that is, Edit Properties, Storage Tab, Data Compression drop down, from Bitmap to RLE.

I did a level zero export, cleared the data, changed the data compression from Bitmap to RLE, imported the data, and ran the following calc all script.

//ESS_LOCALE English_UnitedStates.Latin1@Binary

SET UPDATECALC OFF;

SET AGGMISSG ON;

SET EMPTYMEMBERSETS ON;

CALC ALL;

The  last time I ran this script, on Aug 24, 2017, it took one minute. Yesterday, it took 6 hours before it failed because the server ran out of disk space.

Before the changes, the database had 8 pag files and 1 ind file. By the time the Calc All failed, there were 38 pag files and 3 ind files.