Re: Index size variation

2017-03-04 Thread Chris Bamford
Thanks Uwe, very useful indeed. Chris > On 3 Mar 2017, at 18:37, Uwe Schindler wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > as always: "it depends". Generally I would reserve space of approximately the > "original" index size. Most indexes that are continuously updated have an > overhead by 40% for deleted do

RE: Index size variation

2017-03-03 Thread Uwe Schindler
Hi Chris, as always: "it depends". Generally I would reserve space of approximately the "original" index size. Most indexes that are continuously updated have an overhead by 40% for deleted documents. The remaining 60% are indeed used for merging. Please also keep in mind that if IndexReaders a