METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPORTING GRAPH DATA ONLINE AND GRAPH DATABASE SYSTEMS

原文（中国語）

Embodiments of this specification provide methods and apparatuses for importing graph data online and graph database systems. In an example method for importing graph data online, graph data stored in a first storage format are acquired from a data source; external sorting is performed on the graph data to obtain sorted graph data; the sorted graph data are packaged based on a second storage format specified in a target graph database, to obtain a graph data file to be imported and a corresponding metadata file; and storage location information of the graph data file to be imported and the corresponding metadata file is provided to a graph database server, so that the graph database server imports the graph data file to the target graph database, and updates a metadata file corresponding to the target graph database based on the corresponding metadata file.