# \#pruning

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## [Checkpointing and Log Pruning interactions](https://community.neo4j.com/t/checkpointing-and-log-pruning-interactions/351)

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**Author:** [@chris.gioran](https://community.neo4j.com/u/chris.gioran)\
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**Last updated:** [August 24, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/checkpointing-and-log-pruning-interactions/351 "2018-08-24T12:24:10Z")

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Overview Checkpointing is the process of flushing all pending page updates from the page cache to the store files. This is necessary for ensuring that the number of transactions that are in need of being replayed during …