> A recent jira issue (LUCENE-4661) changed the maxThreadCount to 1 for > better performance, so I'm not sure if both of my changes above are > actually required or if just maxMergeCount will fix it. I commented on > the issue to find out.
Discussion on the issue has suggested that a maxThreadCount of 1 and a maxMergeCount of 6 will probably make sure this issue never happens and that I get the best possible performance for spinning-magnet disks. I will be testing this theory when I make it into work today. Thanks, Shawn