Chapter 21. Configuration & Performance

Table of Contents

21.1. Introduction
21.2. Performance Guide
21.3. Caches in Neo4j
21.4. JVM Settings
21.5. Compressed storage of short strings
21.6. Compressed storage of short arrays
21.7. Memory mapped IO settings
21.8. Linux Performance Guide
21.9. Linux specific notes

In order to get optimum performance out of Neo4j for your application there are a few parameters that can be tweaked. The two main components that can be configured are the Neo4j caches and the JVM that Neo4j runs in. The following sections describe how to tune these.