Importing very big dataset into Neo4j

Question

I have a huge csv data set of ca. 7GB, which has columns of different types: string and float. So what is the super fast solution for importing it into Neo4j?

I tried also using neo4j-admin import tool, but every time I got stuck by following error:

Invoke-Neo4jAdmin : C:\\Users\\Shafigh.Neo4jDesktop\\neo4jDatabases\\database-417e361b-f273-496c-9836-4fca6f80d0c0\\installation-3.4.1 is not a valid Neo4j installation. Missing C:\\Users\\Shafigh.Neo4jDesktop\\neo4jDatabases\\database-417e361b-f273-496c-9836-4fca6f80d0c0\\installation-3.4.1\\lib At line:1 char:161 + ... sd1'; Exit (Invoke-Neo4jAdmin import --nodes import/similarity_pairs_ ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-Neo4jAdmin

Answer 1

The Import section of the neo4j Operations Manual describes how to use the import command of the neo4j-admin tool "do batch imports of large amounts of data" into a new neo4j database.

The import command is extremely fast because it directly builds the internal files of the new database and does not have to deal with transactions.