Chapter 22. Configuration & Performance

Table of Contents

22.1. Introduction
22.2. Performance Guide
22.3. Caches in Neo4j
22.4. JVM Settings
22.5. Compressed storage of short strings
22.6. Compressed storage of short arrays
22.7. Memory mapped IO settings
22.8. Linux Performance Guide
22.9. 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.