A write.lock file with timestamp of 13:58 is in all the listings. The first thing I'd try is to add some IndexWriter.close() calls.
-- Ian. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM, <v.se...@lombardodier.com> wrote: > Hi, > > here is a concrete example. > > I am starting with an index that has 19017236 docs, which takes 58989 Mb > on disk: > > 21.07.2011 15:21 20 segments.gen > 21.07.2011 15:21 2'974 segments_2acy4 > 21.07.2011 13:58 0 write.lock > 16.07.2011 02:21 33'445'798'886 _52aho.fdt > 16.07.2011 02:21 178'723'932 _52aho.fdx > 16.07.2011 01:58 5'002 _52aho.fnm > 16.07.2011 03:10 9'857'410'889 _52aho.frq > 16.07.2011 03:10 4'538'234'846 _52aho.prx > 16.07.2011 03:10 61'581'767 _52aho.tii > 16.07.2011 03:10 5'505'039'790 _52aho.tis > 21.07.2011 01:01 1'899'536 _52aho_5.del > 21.07.2011 01:05 4'222'206'034 _6t61z.fdt > 21.07.2011 01:05 21'424'556 _6t61z.fdx > 21.07.2011 01:01 5'002 _6t61z.fnm > 21.07.2011 01:12 1'170'370'187 _6t61z.frq > 21.07.2011 01:12 598'373'388 _6t61z.prx > 21.07.2011 01:12 7'574'912 _6t61z.tii > 21.07.2011 01:12 678'766'206 _6t61z.tis > 21.07.2011 13:46 1'458'592'058 _7d6me.cfs > 21.07.2011 13:48 15'702'654 _7dhgz.cfs > 21.07.2011 13:52 16'800'942 _7dphm.cfs > 21.07.2011 13:55 16'714'431 _7dxht.cfs > 21.07.2011 14:24 17'505'435 _7e0wz.cfs > 21.07.2011 14:24 5'875'852 _7e0xu.cfs > 21.07.2011 14:48 18'340'470 _7e1x5.cfs > 21.07.2011 15:19 16'978'564 _7e3ck.cfs > 21.07.2011 15:21 1'208'656 _7e3hv.cfs > 21.07.2011 15:21 19'361 _7e3hw.cfs > 28 File(s) 61'855'156'350 bytes > > I am doing a delete of some of the older documents. after the delete, I > commit then I optimize down to 2 segments. at the end of the optimize the > index contains 18702510 docs (314727 were deleted) and it takes now 58975 > Mb on disk: > > 21.07.2011 15:37 20 segments.gen > 21.07.2011 15:37 524 segments_2acy6 > 21.07.2011 13:58 0 write.lock > 16.07.2011 02:21 33'445'798'886 _52aho.fdt > 16.07.2011 02:21 178'723'932 _52aho.fdx > 16.07.2011 01:58 5'002 _52aho.fnm > 16.07.2011 03:10 9'857'410'889 _52aho.frq > 16.07.2011 03:10 4'538'234'846 _52aho.prx > 16.07.2011 03:10 61'581'767 _52aho.tii > 16.07.2011 03:10 5'505'039'790 _52aho.tis > 21.07.2011 15:23 1'999'945 _52aho_6.del > 21.07.2011 15:31 5'194'848'138 _7e3hy.fdt > 21.07.2011 15:31 28'613'668 _7e3hy.fdx > 21.07.2011 15:25 5'002 _7e3hy.fnm > 21.07.2011 15:37 1'529'771'296 _7e3hy.frq > 21.07.2011 15:37 726'582'244 _7e3hy.prx > 21.07.2011 15:37 8'518'198 _7e3hy.tii > 21.07.2011 15:37 763'213'144 _7e3hy.tis > 18 File(s) 61'840'347'291 bytes > > as you can see, size on disk did not really change. at this point I > optimize down to 1 segment and at the end the index takes 48273 Mb on > disk: > > 21.07.2011 16:46 20 segments.gen > 21.07.2011 16:46 278 segments_2acy8 > 21.07.2011 13:58 0 write.lock > 21.07.2011 16:06 32'901'423'750 _7e3hz.fdt > 21.07.2011 16:06 149'582'052 _7e3hz.fdx > 21.07.2011 15:42 5'002 _7e3hz.fnm > 21.07.2011 16:46 8'608'541'177 _7e3hz.frq > 21.07.2011 16:46 4'392'616'115 _7e3hz.prx > 21.07.2011 16:46 50'571'856 _7e3hz.tii > 21.07.2011 16:46 4'515'914'658 _7e3hz.tis > 10 File(s) 50'618'654'908 bytes > > > this means that with the 1 segment optimize I was able to reclaim 10 Gb on > disk that the 2 segments optimize could not achieve. > > how can this be explained? is that a normal behavior? > > thanks, > > vince > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon Willnauer <simon.willna...@googlemail.com> > > > 20.07.2011 23:11 > Please respond to > java-user@lucene.apache.org > > > > To > java-user@lucene.apache.org > cc > > Subject > Re: optimize with num segments > 1 index keeps growing > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM, <v.se...@lombardodier.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I index several millions small documents per day. each day, I remove > some >> of the older documents to keep the index at a stable number of > documents. >> after each purge, I commit then I optimize the index. what I found is > that >> if I keep optimizing with max num segments = 2, then the index keeps >> growing on the disk. but as soon as I optimize with just 1 segment, the >> space gets reclaimed on the disk. so, I have currently adopted the >> following strategy : every night I optimize with 2 segments, except once >> per week where I optimize with just 1 segment. > > what do you mean by keeps growing. you have n segments and you > optimize down to 2 and the index is bigger than the one with n > segments? > > simon >> >> is that an expected behavior? >> I guess I am doing something special because I was not able to reproduce >> this behavior in a unit test. what could it be? >> >> it would be nice to get some explanatory services within the product to >> help get some understanding on its behavior. something that tells you > some >> information about your index for instance (number of docs in the > different >> states, how the space is being used, ...). lucene is a wonderful > product, >> but to me this is almost like black magic, and when there is a specific >> behavior, I have got little clues to figure out something by myself. > some >> user oriented logging would be nice as well (the index writer info > stream >> is really verbose and very low level). >> >> thanks for your help, >> >> >> Vince --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
