Well, yes. What would you expect? From the javadocs for IndexWriter.commit()
Commits all pending changes (added & deleted documents, segment merges, added indexes, etc.) to the index, and syncs all referenced index files ... This may be a costly operation, so you should test the cost in your application and do it only when really necessary. If you are using NRTManager why do you care how long this takes? How often are you calling it? Why? -- Ian. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Cheng <zhoucheng2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Uwe, when I meant speed is slow, I didn't refer to instant visibility of > changes, but that the changes may be synchronized with FSDirectory when I > use writer.commit(). > > When I use RAMDirectory, the writer.commit() seems much faster than using > NRTManager built upon FSDirectory. So, I am guessing the difference is the > index synchronization. > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > >> Please review the following articles about NRT, absolutely instant updates >> that are visible as they are done are almost impossible (even with >> RAMDirectory): >> >> http://goo.gl/mzAHt >> http://goo.gl/5RoPx >> http://goo.gl/vSJ7x >> >> Uwe >> >> ----- >> Uwe Schindler >> H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen >> http://www.thetaphi.de >> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Cheng [mailto:zhoucheng2...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 4:27 PM >> > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org >> > Subject: Re: Configure writer to write to FSDirectory? >> > >> > Ian, >> > >> > I encountered an issue that I need to frequently update the index. The >> > NRTManager seems not very helpful on this front as the speed is slower >> than >> > RAMDirectory is used. >> > >> > Any improvement advice? >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Cheng <zhoucheng2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > That really helps! I will try it out. >> > > >> > > Thanks. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Ian Lea <ian....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> You would use NRTManagerReopenThread as a standalone thread, not >> > >> plugged into your Executor stuff. It is a utility class which you >> > >> don't have to use. See the javadocs. >> > >> >> > >> But in your case I'd use it, to start with anyway. Fire it up with >> > >> suitable settings and forget about it, except to call close() >> > >> eventually. Once you've got things up and running you can tweak >> > >> things as much as you want but you appear to be having trouble >> > >> getting up and running. >> > >> >> > >> So ... somewhere in the initialisation code of your app, create an >> > >> IndexWriter, NRTManager + ReopenThread and SearcherManager as >> > >> outlined before. Then pass the NRTManager to any/all write methods >> > >> or threads and the SearcherManager instance to any/all search methods >> > >> or threads and you're done. If you want to use threads that are part >> > >> of your ExecutorService, fine. Just wrap it all together in whatever >> > >> combination of Thread or Runnable instances you want. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Does that help? >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Ian. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > I don't understand this following portion: >> > >> > >> > >> > IndexWriter iw = new IndexWriter(whatever - some standard disk >> > >> > index); NRTManager nrtm = new NRTManager(iw, null); >> > >> > NRTManagerReopenThread ropt = new NRTManagerReopenThread(nrtm, >> > >> > ...); ropt.setXxx(...); .... >> > >> > ropt.start(); >> > >> > >> > >> > I have a java ExecutorServices instance running which take care of >> > >> > my >> > >> own >> > >> > applications. I don't know how this NRTManagerReopenThread works >> > >> > with my own ExecutorService instance. >> > >> > >> > >> > Can both work together? How can the NRTManagerReopenThread >> > instance >> > >> ropt be >> > >> > plugged into my own multithreading framework? >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Ian Lea <ian....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> >> If you can use NRTManager and SearcherManager things should be >> > >> >> easy and blazingly fast rather than unbearably slow. The latter >> > >> >> phrase is not one often associated with lucene. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> IndexWriter iw = new IndexWriter(whatever - some standard disk >> > >> >> index); NRTManager nrtm = new NRTManager(iw, null); >> > >> >> NRTManagerReopenThread ropt = new >> > NRTManagerReopenThread(nrtm, >> > >> >> ...); ropt.setXxx(...); ... >> > >> >> ropt.start(); >> > >> >> >> > >> >> SearcherManager srchm = nrtm.getSearcherManager(b); >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Then add docs to your index via nrtm.addDocument(d), update with >> > >> >> nrtm.updateDocument(...), and to search use >> > >> >> >> > >> >> IndexSearcher searcher = srchm.acquire(); try { search ... >> > >> >> } finally { >> > >> >> srchm.release(searcher); >> > >> >> } >> > >> >> >> > >> >> All thread safe so you don't have to worry about any complications >> > >> >> there. And I bet it'll be blindingly fast. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Don't forget to close() things down at the end. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> > >> >> Ian. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Cheng <zhoucheng2...@gmail.com> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > I was trying to, but don't know how to even I read some of your >> > >> blogs. >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Michael McCandless < >> > >> >> > luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> >> Are you using near-real-time readers? >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> (IndexReader.open(IndexWriter)) >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> Mike McCandless >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> http://blog.mikemccandless.com >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Cheng <zhoucheng2...@gmail.com> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> > Hi Uwe, >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > My challenge is that I need to update/modify the indexes >> > >> frequently >> > >> >> while >> > >> >> >> > providing the search capability. I was trying to use >> > >> >> >> > FSDirectory, >> > >> but >> > >> >> >> found >> > >> >> >> > out that the reading and writing from/to FSDirectory is >> > >> >> >> > unbearably >> > >> >> slow. >> > >> >> >> So >> > >> >> >> > I now am trying the RAMDirectory, which is fast. >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > I don't know of MMapDirectory, and wonder if it is as fast >> > >> >> >> > as >> > >> >> >> RAMDirectory. >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Uwe Schindler >> > >> >> >> > <u...@thetaphi.de> >> > >> >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Hi Cheng, >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> It seems that you use a RAMDirectory for *caching*, >> > >> >> >> >> otherwise it >> > >> >> makes >> > >> >> >> no >> > >> >> >> >> sense to write changes back. In recent Lucene versions, this >> > >> >> >> >> is >> > >> not a >> > >> >> >> good >> > >> >> >> >> idea, especially for large indexes (RAMDirectory eats your >> > >> >> >> >> heap >> > >> >> space, >> > >> >> >> >> allocates millions of small byte[] arrays,...). If you need >> > >> something >> > >> >> >> like >> > >> >> >> >> a >> > >> >> >> >> caching Directory and you are working on a 64bit platform, >> > >> >> >> >> you >> > >> can >> > >> >> use >> > >> >> >> >> MMapDirectory (where the operating system kernel manages the >> > >> >> read/write >> > >> >> >> >> between disk an memory). MMapDirectory is returned by >> > >> >> >> >> default for >> > >> >> >> >> FSDirectory.open() on most 64 bit platforms. The good thing: >> > >> >> >> >> the >> > >> >> >> "caching" >> > >> >> >> >> space is outside your JVM heap, so does not slowdown the >> > >> >> >> >> garbage >> > >> >> >> collector. >> > >> >> >> >> So be sure to *not* allocate too much heap space (-Xmx) to >> > >> >> >> >> your >> > >> >> search >> > >> >> >> app, >> > >> >> >> >> only the minimum needed to execute it and leave the rest of >> > >> >> >> >> your >> > >> RAM >> > >> >> >> >> available for the OS kernel to manage FS cache. >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Uwe >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> ----- >> > >> >> >> >> Uwe Schindler >> > >> >> >> >> H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de >> > >> >> >> >> eMail: u...@thetaphi.de >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> >> >> >> > From: Cheng [mailto:zhoucheng2...@gmail.com] >> > >> >> >> >> > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:56 AM >> > >> >> >> >> > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> >> > Subject: Configure writer to write to FSDirectory? >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > I build an RAMDirectory on a FSDirectory, and would like >> the >> > >> writer >> > >> >> >> >> associated >> > >> >> >> >> > with the RAMDirectory to periodically write to hard drive. >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > Is this achievable? >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > Thanks. >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> > >> java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
