https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/optimize-command-not-performing-the-bin-packing/m-p/18720#M12459 <P>I have a daily OPTIMIZE job running, however, the number of files in the storage is not going down. Looks like the optimize is not helping to reduce the files. </P> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:43:39 GMT brickster_2018 2021-06-25T20:43:39Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/optimize-command-not-performing-the-bin-packing/m-p/18720#M12459 <P>I have a daily OPTIMIZE job running, however, the number of files in the storage is not going down. Looks like the optimize is not helping to reduce the files. </P> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:43:39 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/optimize-command-not-performing-the-bin-packing/m-p/18720#M12459 brickster_2018 2021-06-25T20:43:39Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/optimize-command-not-performing-the-bin-packing/m-p/18721#M12460 <P>The files are not physically removed from the Storage by the optimize command. A VACUUM command has to be executed to achieve the same</P> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:45:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/optimize-command-not-performing-the-bin-packing/m-p/18721#M12460 brickster_2018 2021-06-25T20:45:16Z